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Unsettled weather hangs on before the weekend

It has been an uncharacteristically cool week — at least for the standards of May. It has also been an uncharacteristically wet week. After the driest May on record at multiple reporting stations in our area, this week featured rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in many areas. Some received upward of 4 inches in Northeast New Jersey. The main story over the next few days won’t necessarily be widespread heavy rain, but it will be a continuation of unsettled weather.

An onshore flow, owing to  a persistent and weakening mid level low over the Mid Atlantic States, will continue to promote the intrusion of a marine airmass from much of the Mid Atlantic into the Northeast. While some areas to the north and south of this persistent east/southeast onshore flow will see pleasant weather on Thursday, the unfortunate fact is that our area won’t be one of them.

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Mid level disturbance leads to epic cloud display in NYC

These NYC clouds weren’t as menacing as they look — we promise. The showers which moved through the area this morning, as a result of a mid level disturbance shifting overhead, created some incredible displays in the New York City area. The surrounding cloud deck made the multiple cloud types even more impressive. Instagram and Twitter users took to their cameras to share some amazing photo’s today — and we’ve compiled some of them below. Chances for showers and an isolated storm will continue today, and a weak coastal storm may bring a period of moderate rain to Long Island and Connecticut tonight into Wednesday.

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