Where's the rain? Dry pattern grips the East While a coastal storm brought some needed rain to parts of the mid-Atlantic at midweek, the prospects for widespread soaking rain are very limited for much of the East into early next week. The same dip in the jet stream and large wedge of dry air that has protected the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from organized tropical systems and limited rainfall over much of the eastern third of the nation in recent weeks will continue to dominate the weather pattern through at least this weekend.
