Tropical Storm Fay will move inland across the Northeast later Friday or Friday night. Storm-total rainfall could reach 2 to 4 inches, with locally higher amounts, while tropical storm-force wind gusts (39 mph or greater) will be common in mid-Atlantic coastal areas. Northeastern flooding should be minimal, as Fay’s rain will be falling in an area that has experienced hotter- and drier-than-normal weather since late May.
Farther west, a series of cold fronts will maintain the possibility of showers and thunderstorms from the northern Plains into the Midwest.
