Soaking rain pushes from the Midwest into the Northeast

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Thunderstorms are causing wet weather across many states in the eastern U.S. from Thursday into Friday.

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00:00 But our top story tonight takes us to the Midwest and the Northeast,

00:03 where we've been tracking the heavy rainfall.

00:06 We've even seen some pea sized hail in both Illinois and Maryland.

00:11 So we know those thunderstorms have packed a bit of a powerful punch.

00:16 Also, some gusty winds with them.

00:18 Well, as we get set to see this storm system work its way off

00:22 through the Northeast, heading into the rest of the work week,

00:27 we will eventually find some colder air behind it getting into the weekend.

00:31 So a lot going on and we're breaking it down for you

00:33 with some of the wet weather that's in place.

00:36 You can see the storm system still producing some of the rain

00:40 and some of the mountain snow showers to higher elevations.

00:43 That's where we're picking up on at least a little bit of that snow.

00:46 But there are some showers and thunderstorms off towards the southwest,

00:50 and that's making a bit of an influence to check out some of the hail

00:53 reports coming in.

00:54 We've had that across the Ohio Valley.

00:56 You can see most of this is pretty small hail, less than an inch in diameter,

01:00 mostly because we don't have the true convective nature of thunderstorms.

01:04 It's largely just because of how cold these thunderstorms have the air around

01:08 them that we are getting at least a little bit of that precipitation

01:12 to come down as ice around these thunderstorms.

01:14 So a lot of them, again, half inch to quarter inch.

01:16 Not anything that will do damage, but something that might catch you by surprise

01:20 if you weren't prepared for some of the stormy weather for some reason

01:23 or another as we've gone through this evening.

01:26 Again, speaking of those thunderstorms, they continue to slide their way

01:28 off towards the southeast.

01:29 Pine Bluff watching out for that thunderstorm that's cut its way by

01:33 with the threat for not only some hail, but also damaging wind threats.

01:37 That's one of the things that we've been keeping a close tab on.

01:40 Meanwhile, off towards the northeast, it's just all about a more persistent rain.

01:44 You might hear a few rumbles of thunder, but it's really a wet time.

01:47 And then you have to go north of that to get in on that snow potential.

01:51 So we do have some of that snow coming down, but not in a place like Pittsburgh.

01:55 Pittsburgh tonight, it is all about the rain.

01:58 The low clouds sticking with us this week, courtesy of EarthKAM showing

02:01 we're in the upper 40s.

02:04 So when do we cool back down?

02:06 That's all going to be behind this storm system.

02:08 The storm system continues tonight to produce the wet weather,

02:11 snow in the highest elevations there of New England.

02:13 There is a back and forth mix for some spots.

02:16 Not too concerned about icy setups, but it could be a little bit slick

02:19 in a few locations. 35 below in Boston.

02:22 We do have those low clouds, some areas of fog possible around Buffalo.

02:25 As this storm system moves out, notice there's some snow still holding on,

02:30 especially for Friday morning throughout parts of the northeast,

02:33 including northern New England, Burlington.

02:35 You're going to pick up a coating to an inch of snow.

02:37 Boston, it's all rain for you as temperatures in the mid 40s.

02:41 Here's a storm system again, trekking its way on out as it moves off

02:44 towards the northeast Friday morning, waking up to some snow for the morning

02:48 commute, wet in places like Worcester for the morning commute.

02:51 New York City dealing with the rain.

02:53 All of this continues to sweep its way slowly off towards the east.

02:56 The afternoon and evening drive largely drier for most, not everywhere,

03:00 because you can see it's still hugging the coastline pretty closely

03:03 behind the storm system, though the cold air, it moves back in.

03:07 So if you want a taste of winter for the weekend, you're going to get it.

03:11 If you want to go skiing, snowboarding, maybe do a little snowmobiling.

03:15 Burlington 18 for the high.

03:17 You will want to wear those layers.

03:18 Frostbite is possible when you talk about these kinds of conditions

03:21 that cold air modifies to a chilly air mass as we get into Sunday,

03:26 which is what we expect for February.

03:28 We're near average for New York City historical average in the mid 40s

03:32 this time of year, so we're right about on target.

03:35 We will warm up, though, into next week.

03:38 And some of those numbers will be taken off to the 50s and 60s.

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