Drought worsens in the Northeast even as cooler temperatures arrive

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The summerlike temperatures of recent days are about to end, but dry conditions across the Northeast aren't going anywhere.

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00:00Satellite and radar showing that we do

00:01have this front that is pushing through,

00:03and as it does, so it's going to

00:05be ushering in cooler air,

00:07but you'll note that it's moisture starved.

00:09There's not a lot of rain,

00:10and so it's really not going to help

00:12when it comes to that expanding drought,

00:13which means that we still have to be on

00:16high alert, especially when it

00:17comes to fire weather danger.

00:19We do have red flag warnings in effect

00:21through the entire state of Connecticut,

00:23and even through Southern New Jersey as well.

00:26That is going to include Tom's River,

00:28even up towards Trenton and then

00:30a little bit further North.

00:31You will even see parts of Connecticut

00:34under this red flag warning as well.

00:37Hartford Bridgeport all those areas

00:38means that no outdoor burning is

00:41recommended as the air is very dry,

00:43and this has really been the

00:45pattern here since August.

00:46Why is it been so dry?

00:48Well, you have to look at the

00:50upper level winds here.

00:51We've had high pressure kind of

00:53anchored there across the North.

00:55That's been steering those

00:56winds there further West,

00:57so we've had some flow pushing off

00:59of the eastern seaboard as well.

01:01A lot of that Gulf and Atlantic

01:03moisture suppress this,

01:04so we haven't really been able to

01:06gather a lot of that rainfall that

01:08we've really needed here over the

01:09past few months. Now those cooler

01:11conditions by Thursday.

01:12Well, it's going to be mainly dry.

01:14You'll note the difference when

01:16it comes to the Mercury temperatures

01:18returning to the 50s and 60s.

01:20The numbers well a lot different

01:22than what we have been tracking.

01:24Pittsburgh you'll see back in that green

01:2660 for your high on Thursday.

01:28Buffalo you'll top off at 52.

01:30Similar story in Burlington.

01:33It's going to take a little bit

01:35some mile there along the coast

01:36as we do head into Thursday,

01:38but still we're going to be mostly dry.

01:41So while you may have to add on an

01:43extra layer to your wardrobe tomorrow

01:45morning, you can still get out and about,

01:48especially before these leaves are able

01:50to brush those leaves right off the trees.

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