Eyewitness Weather Forecast for May 22 — Memorial Day Weekend Forecast
HERE IS YOUR EYEWITNESS WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MAY 22 FROM CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JORDAN REED:
A powerful coastal storm is developing off the Mid-Atlantic and slowly moving northeast! Because the wind around it is coming from the north-northeast, it's dragging in some unusually cold air, cold enough that we might even set records for low daytime highs. It'll also be pretty windy, especially in southeastern New England, where gusts could reach over 50 mph.
At the same time, there's a weaker system hanging out near Lake Ontario that's not doing much right now. That one will slowly drift east tonight and eventually get absorbed by the stronger coastal storm. Once that happens, the main storm will move up into New England on Saturday and continue toward the Canadian Maritimes by Memorial Day.
In the meantime, we're in for a stretch of rainy, chilly, and cloudy weather. Tonight, we'll see periods of light rain, with up to about a half-inch falling in total. Temperatures won't change much due to the persistent clouds and rain.
Friday stays wet and quite cold for late May, with highs barely getting out of the 40s or low 50s. The rain becomes more scattered Friday night into Saturday, but a few showers will still hang around, thanks to leftover moisture and cold air higher up in the atmosphere. Saturday might be a bit warmer, but it'll still feel more like early spring than late May.
By Sunday, the storm begins to pull away, but we'll still feel its effects with some clouds and a few pop-up showers possible, especially inland during the afternoon. Memorial Day looks like the best day of the weekend—mostly dry with some sunshine and temperatures climbing back into the 60s.
Unfortunately, the nice weather won't last. Another storm system is expected to arrive by midweek, bringing more rain sometime around Tuesday night or Wednesday.
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