Finally, Relief For the East's Rain Fatigue is Ahead

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Rainy days have been a common occurrence in the East this spring, leading to flooding, postponed Major League Baseball games and lousy beach weather – not to mention headaches for those trying to enjoy the outdoors after a long winter.

Sunday, flooding swamped roads in West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia, prompting a state of emergency in eight West Virginia counties. Stretches of 29 roads in Morgan County, West Virginia, were still closed Monday morning, according to the county's Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.

During the Memorial Day weekend, Ellicott City, Maryland, saw extreme flooding for the second time in two years after 6 to 10 inches of rain fell in two hours.

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The Major League Baseball season had already seen 37 games postponed due to weather through June 3, just two fewer than the total in the entire 2017 season.

Many cities in the Northeast haven't had a rain-free weekend since April 21-22, translating to at least a trace of rain on six consecutive weekends. This includes Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C.

Sunday was the ninth day this year with an inch or more of rain in Washington D.C., tying for the second-most on record through June 3, according to Ian Livingston of USTornadoes.com, who is based in the District of Columbia.

From May 12 through June 5, Baltimore had at least a trace of rain on 20 of those 25 days.

May was the sixth-wettest on record in the nation's capital, but many cities in the mid-Atlantic region saw a top-five wettest May, data from the Southeast Regional Climate Center showed. Baltimore and Atlantic City, New Jersey, both recorded their third-wettest May, while Richmond, Virginia, observed its wettest May on record.

Maryland and Florida both had their wettest Mays on record while several other states from Georgia to Delaware recorded one of their top wettest mays. 

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Relief At Last

A change in the weather pattern this week is finally giving the rain-fatigued East some relief.

A northward bulge in the jet stream, or upper-level ridge, will build in for the latter portion of this week.

Underneath that ridge, high pressure is expected to develop at the surface, which should keep any major storm systems away from the Northeast, at least for a couple of days.

The mid-Atlantic, however, may see a quick disturbance move across the region on Saturday with some not-so-welcome rainfall. 

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Therefore, it should be a dry end to the work week in the region, with temperatures warming back above average after a cool start to the week, accompanied by what, in most areas, will feel like refreshingly dry air.

A low-pressure system could bring a return of showers and thunderstorms for possibly the seventh consecutive weekend, but drier conditions look to return again early next week as high pressure builds back in.

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Brian Donegan is a meteorologist at weather.com. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.