NEW YORK – If the weekend forecast in the Northeast sounds familiar , that’s because it is. More rain and thunderstorms are expected across the region, marking the sixth out of the past seven weekends that precipitation is in the forecast.
Due to the front’s slow advancement, much of Saturday could remain relatively dry along the I-95 corridor as temps soar into the 80s, making it feel more like summer. But storms are likely to break out across the interior Northeast and mid-Atlantic Saturday afternoon before racing toward the coast during the evening hours.
Any storms that do develop in this unstable environment will have the ability to produce damaging winds and some large hail, prompting a level 1 out of 5 risk on NOAA Storm Prediction Center’s Severe Weather Outlook scale for Saturday. An upgrade to the risk can’t be ruled out given the dynamics at play, according to the FOX Forecast Center…