Memorial Day will bring thunderstorms and rain across North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and the Great Plains, forecasters said.
Many cities in the Great Plains this month had above-average rainfall totals, which is expected to resume on Memorial Day, AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said.
Despite the rain, temperatures across the country will be in the 70s and 80s Monday – with “above average temperatures throughout the northern half of the country and below average across the southern tier,” the National Weather Service said.
Here’s what to know about Monday’s weather forecast:
Thunderstorms and rain across North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and the Great Plains
Much of the Mid-Atlantic will see rain and thunderstorms Monday due to a low pressure system over North Carolina pushing inland, the weather service said.
“Rain chances mostly span from the Delmarva Peninsula and southern Maryland to much of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina,” the weather service said.
The Intermountain West, the Rockies and the Plains will also see thunderstorms, which are likely to turn severe across the northern Plains on Memorial Day.
“Isolated instances of flash flooding are also possible in these regions, with a higher threat of slow-moving heavy downpours over South Texas and middle-to-lower Texas coasts on Monday,” the weather service said.
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