getting warmer during the early part of this week but there is the main and the forecast, especially overnight into tuesday. not much rain on monday, a few short sharp bursts of rain heading north, mainly on the west of the uk. some sunshine in between and for the east it could be dry with the best of the sunshine although it is a windy day on monday. a bit more warmth coming in from the constant, 17 degrees in the site. all the cold air is being pushed to the north of scotland, the southerly breeze lifting temperatures. we have the potential for more rain. rain extending all the way to spain and heading for the uk. the details will change with this weather pattern but we have wetter weather overnight which continues to move north on the tuesday, up into scotland drain could be heavy, sleek and thundery as well. it might brighten up further south but it could trigger
the sunshine along with just a nice breeze. now, there is still some problems to be had with this storm. we re focusing more now on the jersey shore, long island, connecticut, rhode island and also eastern massachusetts. we have a cold front that s stalled out to the north. that s that little rain band you see south of albany and north of new york city. we have a lot of heavy rain to the south that s being sucked to the north. it is going to be a soggy fourth of july in that region. let me take you through it a little bit. there s areas of long island, already some squally weather coming onshore in the southern portions of long island. the jersey shore south of long island, south of long branch, south of beechwood, we have some heavier rain. further to the south we re looking at heavy rains existing virginia beach. that s news for you. that could be the end of your rainy morning. maybe your fourth of july plans for the afternoon will be okay after all. ocean city, maryland, through the
all of a sudden you just see all that rain heading north. so eventually philadelphia, the new york city area, you ve had a pretty dry morning. that s going to change shortly, especially there in new york city. you re going to get drenched for a good portion of the middle of your fourth of july. hartford area, you re going to be next as that rain just surges northwards out ahead of arthur and out ahead of that cold front. the storm itself will stay off the coast and it will begin to weaken throughout the day today. again, maybe it will be a strong tropical storm, maybe it will be a low end hurricane, category 1, as it goes into nova scotia, but it doesn t make too much of a difference of the we re not expecting a lot of wind damage anyways. we re more concerned with what s going to happen with the rainfall and the waves at the beaches. here s the timing of it. here s where we re just about at now. there s the surge of rain heading north. by the time we get to noon, it should be fully en