By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist
December 13,2015; 9:42PM,EST
On Monday, rain will roll quickly across the Northeast and will mark the end of the string of days with record-challenging warmth.
Monday will be the last day with widespread 60-degree-Fahrenheit temperatures or higher for a while.
While the system will lose a great deal of its punch by Monday, most locations from Virginia to upstate New York and southern Ontario can expect 6-12 hours of rain.
According to AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams, "This will seem more like a storm in the spring, rather than December."
A stiff wind and unusual warmth will accompany the rain. As a result, there will be no snow or ice for travelers to contend with.
The combination of rain, wind and patchy fog will still make for miserable travel. Motorists will need to slow down and allow for extra time during their commute. Airline delays are possible due to locally gusty winds and low cloud ceiling
"The rain will be locally heavy and could come down hard enough to cause ponding on area roadways and lead to poor drainage area flooding," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Thompson said. "Many locations will receive 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain in the span of a few hours."
The rain is likely to affect the swath from Roanoke, Virginia, to Cleveland and Detroit for much of the day.
Farther to the east, areas from Buffalo, and Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York, the bulk of the rain to fall during the afternoon and evening hours on Monday.
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In much of New England, the heaviest and steadiest rain is likely during Monday night.
By Tuesday, temperatures will be slashed by 10 degrees into parts of the Ohio Valley; highs elsewhere across the Mid-Atlantic are expected to drop by about 5 degrees.
Highs will be in the upper 40s in the mountains and the 50s elsewhere on Tuesday. Temperatures at this level are still 10-15 degrees above average for the middle of December.
High temperatures for the rest of new week will be similar to Tuesday east of the Appalachians.
There is a chance it may get chilly enough for a period of wet snow or a wintry mix in parts of the central and northern Appalachians toward the end of next week. Whether or not there is any freezing or frozen precipitation is contingent on the magnitude of the chill and the track of a southern storm.
The potential exists for another warm surge during the week of Christmas.
Actually,we
shouldn't be surprised by this consistant record warmth,considering
that this is supposed to be one of the strongest El Ninos on record and
so far it's definitely living up to its billing with these crazy temps.
David Colantuono ·
Works at Unemployed
Trying
not to get frustrated by the abnormal warmth and lack of snow, at
least, the rain will be beneficial since we're still in a drought. So,
I'll take the rain if we can't have the snow.
Cory Morrison ·
Temps
could potentially reach 60F in parts of Southern Ontario tomorrow. If
this becomes true, this could be the warmest December day since December
4th 2012 in some areas.
Aaron Ginther ·
We
hit 76 yesterday. That's 3 degrees shy of our all time warmest December
day set in 1998. And today could break a record high for the 3rd day in
a row. This is freakishly warm for the time of year. Just to emphasize,
mid 70's are average highs for the middle of May. Average highs in
mid-December are in the 40's. This has happened before, but it's unusual
to have it this warm on such a consistent basis. Usually in December
this would be followed by an arctic outbreak.
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