00:00Sometimes on a rainy day, it doesn't feel like drought.
00:03But Boston, for example, moderate drought still in effect, 62% of normal rainfall since March started.
00:08That means you have a 38% shortfall with your rainfall.
00:12That's even worse down into Baltimore, D.C. and Philadelphia, where you have 50 to 53% of normal rainfall.
00:18So you've only seen about half of the typical amount of rain we should receive from March 1st to the
00:24present time.
00:24Severe drought there, extreme drought down in Raleigh with only one-third of the typical amount of rain.
00:30So that's a big shortage.
00:32And you can see the drought is most significant down farther south and also along the coastline.
00:37But across the interior, we are in way better shape.
00:39The drought has ended from Scranton north to Syracuse and west into areas like, say, Cleveland.
00:45So radar and clouds showing as we move forward past six hours, taking us to the 7 o'clock hour.
00:51Here we are with rain that is falling steadily across much of New England.
00:55Eastern New England is soaking rain for some.
00:57Again, they're trying to get it in at Fenway.
00:59Back edge of showers pooling north.
01:01Still going to be damp and a little dreary, but the steadiest rain is lifting north.
01:05And here are the 7 o'clock hourly observations here indicating if you want to get warm, head west.
01:11Green Bay and Louisville, 66 degrees.
01:13That looks good.
01:14But, again, the 7 o'clock observation, only 46 in Buffalo.
01:18It is cool there.
01:19Kind of a raw day.
01:20Tomorrow, we're going to stay chilly and wet across eastern New England, soaking rain into Portland, pleasant to the south
01:26where we're dry.
01:27We actually need some rain there.
01:28And a little zone of some showers and storms will be pushing through the Ohio Valley.
01:32So here we are Saturday.
01:33Now, this is the day of the Preakness.
01:36And overall, most of the time will be dry there.
01:39That's good news.
01:39It's halfway between Baltimore and D.C.
01:42But we'll show you future radar.
01:44Before we get to Saturday, though, the leftovers in New England.
01:47Rain pivoting north, raining out over Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
01:52Friday, still dreary.
01:53Most of the action on Friday farther south will be limited and west of the mountains.
01:58But Saturday, here we got the race.
02:00The race post time is at 6.50 p.m.
02:03Most of the showers will stay west, most likely, until after that time.
02:07It's going to be a close call.
02:08We need to keep an eye on the radar there for Laurel, Maryland.
02:11But we're optimistic, cautiously optimistic about a dry race.
02:14Showers and storms probably within 50 or 100 miles off to the west, though.
02:18And then we're going to be dealing with a warming trend.
02:19And overall, it's just off to the races temperature-wise.
02:23Transitioning to a warm spell.
02:24Scattered storms in the Great Lakes region.
02:26But here we go Monday and Tuesday.
02:28Widespread 80s to the low 90s for some.
02:31Some areas will make a run even beyond that.
02:32What do you see what we're forecasting in Dulles, Virginia?
02:35So Charlottesville and Dulles on Monday, 97s.
02:38That would break daily record highs for the date.
02:41Clarksburg, West Virginia, and Huntington, West Virginia, almost to record territory.
02:45And in Jackson, where the record books only go back to 1981, records are a little more attainable there.
02:49We'll probably tie that at 88 degrees.
02:51Then Tuesday, this is when we see the heat peak in a big way.
02:54Dulles, Virginia, 100 degrees.
02:57Scranton, almost to record territory.
02:59Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Cleveland, almost records there.
03:02But Dulles, right in the middle of all this, making a run to near 100.
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