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A cold front is set to bring welcome rain to the Northeast after escalating drought conditions.
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00:00We need some rain in the northeast. That's right. We do need some rain in the northeast and starting tonight we will start to get some here as we head into the next 24, 36 hours.
00:08Here's the latest on radar. So you can see that that cold front is just now starting to work its way just across parts of Michigan, down through Indiana, even parts of Illinois.
00:18So along the leading edge of that cold front, that is where we're going to see the highest chance of rain and that's where we're going to see some of the strongest winds as well.
00:24So I'll leave the cold front there on the map and as we advance, you can see the impacts of the temperature.
00:30So the last time I showed this temperature map, Detroit was at 80 degrees. Right now they're at 78, a subtle drop, but drop is about to get a lot more pronounced here as we have throughout the next hour or two.
00:41Chicago 69, Milwaukee 68, Green Bay 63. So we are starting to see the impacts there of that cold front. Everywhere else, pretty nice.
00:48We have widespread 70s and 80s in the forecast, still 80 degrees currently in Burlington.
00:54Whenever you look at the winds that we are tracking right now, you can see along the cold front, we have winds picking up there in Detroit, down through Indianapolis.
01:01Some strong northwest winds there in Green Bay, clocking in at 14 miles an hour.
01:05We've also had some breezier winds here across the coastal areas, including in Boston, but overall, most of the strong winds are going to be along the leading edge of that cold front here as we head into this evening and as we head into tonight.
01:16So that's going to be the latest there as far as the overall trends for both the rain chances and the temperatures and winds.
01:22Behind that cold front for tonight, look at these lows. 55 for Detroit, 30s and 40s there behind the front.
01:28For the rest of the region, we'll primarily be in the 50s and 60s. We'll see some 40s here, especially in the highlighted regions there in blue.
01:35But overall, that's where we're going to see the biggest changes here temperature-wise as we head into tomorrow.
01:40It's going to be along the leading edge of that front, especially during the overnight hours, which, as Jeff just detailed, some areas are going to be within range of maybe even seeing some frost here as the sun comes up for your early Thursday.
01:52So as we head into Thursday afternoon, the front is going to work its way farther to the east, and you can see along the leading edge of that front, we're going to see shower and thunderstorm chances.
02:00So because of that, we'll see the rain moving from west to east. So if you're in this highlighted region here where we have painted with green, if you're along the eastern border there from Scranton, Harrisburg, down through Washington, D.C., Baltimore as well,
02:13you'll see the rainfall start kicking off later in the day than early in the morning for those areas from Cleveland down through Louisville, for example.
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