ACCUWEATHER: A bit of rain

NEW YORK (WABC) -- An area of low pressure off the New England coastline continues to spread light rain and drizzle across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast along with some fog.

As the low moves off to the north, the rainfall will taper off during the day leaving most places with a mostly cloudy afternoon although some drizzle may linger into the early afternoon in a few spots.

Moving into tonight dry weather will continue with a good deal of cloudiness across the region. High pressure off to the north will try to nose down into the Northeast later today and into the day on Wednesday as the first area of low pressure moves into the Atlantic Canada and the next storm system moves into the Great Lakes.

The result looks to be a generally dry but mainly cloudy day for the region with an easterly component to the wind. Ahead of this next storm system temperatures will be on the mild side for this time of the year as highs climb into the middle and upper 50's.

A frontal boundary associated with the next storm system will move into the the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday night leading to our next chance for some light rainfall.

This front will stall out as it approaches the East Coast keeping the cold air bottled up back in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley as coastal storm moves up the East Coast. The result will be another day with above normal temperatures with nothing more than a couple of showers expected for Thanksgiving.

The big weather maker in the longer range will be the combination of the slow moving storm system and cold air moving from the Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and the interaction with the next coastal storm system.

The coastal storm will from from a weak disturbance currently in the central Gulf of Mexico that will move across Florida on Wednesday night and then strengthen as it moves northward up the East Coast on Thursday and Friday.

There is the potential for the storm in the Great Lakes and this coastal storm to merge on Friday into Saturday which could bring some heavy rain, gusty winds and even some snow to places across the Northeast.

The key to this will be how fast the cold air can push into the East and how far off the coast the coastal storm goes, but the potential does exist for a powerful late week storm system. Even if a major storm does not develop, there will be some cooler air moving for in the end of the week and into the weekend.

Have a great day.

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