Fox Weather forecasts rain for Memorial Day weekend

Fox Weather said on Sunday that rain, thunderstorms and cooler temperatures are likely to affect large parts of the United States over Memorial Day weekend, potentially disrupting beach trips, cookouts and holiday travel. The outlet said a high-pressure system off the East Coast and an atmospheric disturbance moving out of the West are expected to combine into a broad stretch of wet weather from the South to the Northeast. WBRZ in Louisiana reported a separate stormy pattern building through the week and lasting into the holiday weekend. The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center, in an outlook posted Sunday, also warned of multiple rounds of heavy rain and severe storms in parts of the country. ### Where is Fox Weather expecting the biggest Memorial Day disruptions? Fox Weather said the wettest corridor could extend from the South into the Northeast as Atlantic and Gulf moisture feeds into the holiday period. The outlet said widespread rain and thunderstorms are likely across a majority of the country during the weekend. (foxweather.com) Multiple inches of rain are possible in Houston, Nashville and New York City, Fox Weather reported. The outlet said the Northeast is also likely to see another cool and wet weekend, with temperatures dropping into the upper 60s as early as Thursday in some areas. ### Which airports and travelers are being told to watch conditions? (foxweather.com) Fox Weather named Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Atlanta as major airports travelers should monitor ahead of the holiday. The outlet said storms through the weekend could affect millions of Americans traveling for the long weekend. The forecast did not provide airport-specific delay estimates, but Fox Weather said the combination of heavy rain and thunderstorms could dampen outdoor plans and complicate travel in several large metro areas. (foxweather.com) ### Why are forecasters expecting such a broad area of rain? Fox Weather said a high-pressure system anchored off the Eastern Seaboard is expected to funnel moisture from the Atlantic and Gulf into the holiday weekend. (foxweather.com) The outlet said that moisture, combined with a weather disturbance moving east from the West across the Heartland, would create a significant heavy-rain threat from the South to the Northeast. The Weather Prediction Center said Sunday that an upper-level trough digging into the Pacific Northwest would help trigger rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms across the north-central United States in the near term. The federal center said those storms could bring damaging winds, very large hail, strong tornadoes and isolated flash flooding in parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest before the system continues east. (foxweather.com) ### What is Louisiana’s local forecast heading into the holiday? WBRZ meteorologist Malcolm Byron said south Louisiana is entering “a fairly stormy stretch of weather” as humidity and repeated disturbances build through the workweek. Byron said rain coverage is expected to increase from Wednesday through Memorial Day weekend. South Louisiana could receive 2 to 5 inches or more of rain over the next seven days, WBRZ reported. (wpc.ncep.noaa.gov) Byron said rain could be heavy at times and may cause street and poor-drainage flooding, with lightning and downpours becoming factors for commutes and holiday plans. ### How far out is this forecast, and what should readers watch next? May 25 is Memorial Day in 2026, and Fox Weather’s outlook was published on May 17, eight days before the holiday. (wbrz.com) WBRZ’s Louisiana forecast was also published Sunday, with updates expected through the week as the pattern develops. The Weather Prediction Center updates national hazard maps and forecast discussions daily, while local outlets and National Weather Service offices issue more detailed short-range guidance closer to the weekend. (wbrz.com) Fox Weather said travelers should keep checking local forecasts, especially around Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Atlanta, as Memorial Day weekend approaches. (foxweather.com)