Your Halloween plans may need to change thanks to scary weather predictions - NPR

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Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms could virtually dampen trick-or-treating this Halloween.

Meteorologists are predicting that immoderate drought-stricken parts of the U.S. volition spot this upwind each play and into the vacation connected Monday.

The Pacific Northwest, Ohio Valley and the southeastern and mid-Atlantic parts of the U.S. are expected to person immoderate benignant of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.

Texas and the little Mississippi Valley could spot flash floods, and parts of Louisiana and Mississippi are present under a tornado watch.

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The rainfall successful Mississippi is "much needed" aft drought-like conditions implicit the past mates months, according to Joanne Dulin, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service successful Jackson, Mississippi.

"We didn't person a full batch of rainfall this summertime similar we typically see," she tells NPR. "We haven't seen a full batch of rainfall. For Jackson astatine least, for this month, we're astir 2 and a fractional inches beneath what we would usually have."

Trick-or-treaters successful immoderate cities, similar Nashville, whitethorn request to see waiting until Halloween Day due to the fact that of a upwind strategy that is moving crossed that region.

"The rainfall should beryllium moving retired precocious Sunday night," says Scott Unger, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service successful Nashville. "But trick-or-treating looks truly bully connected Monday."

Unger added that different Southern states, similar Alabama and Georgia, could spot thunderstorms connected Sunday earlier the upwind strategy travels northbound and hits the Northeast.

In the meanwhile, wide skies successful cities similar Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, volition go overcast connected Sunday, with a imaginable accidental of rainfall connected Monday, according to Kyle Pallozzi, a National Weather Service meteorologist successful the area.

"During the time connected Monday, it'll beryllium cloudy for astir of the day, and a fewer showers around," helium tells NPR. "It won't beryllium washout, but you'll spot rainfall showers present and there."