The rainfall on this week’s 7-day QPF map is dominated by rainfall from Hurricane Erin as it moves north past the East Coast. It won’t be close enough to cause much rain on the mainland, but if you are at the beach you will see very high surf and a chance of rip currents, so watch for warning flags and use appropriate caution. For us in the rest of the Southeast, the next few days will be relatively dry except for in Florida, then rain chances start to ramp up again by midweek and last through next weekend. The driest parts of the region will be NW Alabama and eastern Virginia. Week 2 shows a slight chance of above normal rainfall but it will depend on if anything happens in the tropics.
