NEW YORK – A Halloween storm is brewing for much of the eastern half of the U.S. An area of low pressure will bring rain out of the Pacific Northwest and into the heartland by Tuesday and make its way east throughout the week, dampening early Halloween festivities and potentially soaking trick-or-treaters in parts of the Northeast on the night of Halloween.
A very widespread area covering millions of people across the central U.S., Southeast, mid-Atlantic and Northeast could see 1-2 inches of rain by the end of the week. Whether and where storms will linger on Friday is still something of an open question.
The Southeast will see a first round of rain Monday courtesy of the severe thunderstorms that caused power outages in Texas and prompted Tornado Warnings along the Gulf Coast over the weekend…