Tropical-like weather forecast for eastern US as humidity builds

By the weekend, the threat of embedded thunderstorms within the larger area of showery weather will increase as moisture surges farther north and west.

AccuWeather Global Weather Center – May 13, 2022 – Warm weather fans across much of the East rejoiced this week as seasonable warmth and sunshine returned to the region following a cool and unsettled Mother’s Day weekend.

This sunshine, when combined with relatively low humidity made for several beautiful days for residents along the East Coast to soak up springtime warmth. However, AccuWeather forecasters warn that this fun in the sun is set to be dampened, due in part to a pesky storm currently churning off the coast of the southeastern United States.

“While it’s still spring, a non-tropical area of low pressure currently located offshore will move through the Southeast from Friday through the weekend and bring a more summery, tropical feel to the region,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Randy Adkins said.

With the arrival of this area of low pressure, moisture currently located out over the Atlantic Ocean will be pushed inland and work to increase clouds, shower chances and humidity levels for a large portion of the East.

As the week progresses, showery weather will expand outward from the immediate coast and into more of the interior East. On Friday, showers can occur at times across a large swath of states that includes areas from northern Florida to central Pennsylvania and part of northern New Jersey.

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