Rounds of rain and thunderstorms will track across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic through the rest of this week and this weekend. The soggy weather pattern will bring the risk for flooding in some areas.
How much rain will fall?
The heaviest rain is expected to set up across Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern New Jersey through Sunday. In this corridor, 4-6 inches (100-150 mm) of rain is likely over a 5-day period. Outside of this region, a large area of over an inch (25 mm) of rain is expected.
It will not be raining the entire 5-day period at any one location, however, the expected rain combined with an increasingly saturated soil will bring some risks for flooding.
Why the wet pattern?
The culprits for the rain include a disturbance moving northward across the Gulf of Mexico, a second disturbance moving eastward across the Mississippi Valley, and a stationary front draped over the mid-Atlantic.
The slow movement of each of these features will keep rain chances high into this weekend.
A brief break in the rain is possible next Monday, but another disturbance will bring a risk for wet weather again next Tuesday.