More rain targets hard-hit parts of the Northeast days after historic rainfall slammed the region
The Northeast's active weather pattern isn't over yet. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to return this weekend, raising the risk of flash flooding in parts of the region still recovering from this week's historic rainfall.
After a welcome stretch of summer sunshine this weekend, the Northeast is set for another round of unsettled weather, with heavy rain and flash flooding threatening parts of the region this weekend.
The Northeast's active weather pattern isn't over yet. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to return this weekend, raising the risk of flash flooding in parts of the region still recovering from this week's historic rainfall.
On Saturday, a low-pressure system moving through the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes will continue to push east by an advancing cold front. At the same time, deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean will surge northward into the system, fueling a wet end of the weekend.
By Sunday morning, widespread rain and thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of the front, bringing heavy downpours from southern Ohio into Pennsylvania and western and central New York.
By Sunday afternoon, slow-moving storms may repeatedly track over the same areas, increasing the risk of flash flooding.
A level 2 out of 4 flash flood risk is currently in place for eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and western New York, including Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Syracuse on Sunday.
While the exact evolution of this moisture into Monday remains somewhat uncertain, especially across the Northeast and the Interstate 95 corridor, the potential for heavy rainfall is there across portions of southern New England and the northern Mid-Atlantic.
Given recent heavy rain and ongoing saturated ground conditions, a level 2 out of 4 flash flood risk is already in place for Monday for much of the I-95 corridor.
Widespread rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches are expected through Sunday across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and western New York, with localized totals exceeding 2 to 3 inches.
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The renewed rain threat comes just days after historic rainfall inundated parts of upstate New York, where more than 10 inches fell in some areas near Albany on Tuesday and Wednesday, triggering prolonged flooding that swallowed cars across the Hudson Valley.
By Tuesday, the flash flooding threat lightens up to a level 1 out of 4, and rain will linger in some areas.
Stay with FOX Weather as we track the incoming rain and storms in the Northeast.
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