Memorial Day weekend may be considered the start of summer by many, but wintery precipitation will be on tap for much of the Eastern United States over the next few days.
Forecasters at weather.com, among other things, have said snow is possible for parts of the Northeast, according to a report by NBCNewYork.com.
The weather site said high temperatures were expected in the 50s and 60s from Pennsylvania and New York to New England, on both Saturday and Sunday.
In the Southeast, it would be unseasonably cold with "near-record low temperatures" over the weekend, the weather site posted, in Asheville, N.C., Nashville, Tenn., and Greenville, S.C.
There is a chance of thunderstorms Sunday in Tennessee, along with parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia on Memorial Day, Weather.com also said.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for parts of Massachusetts and Texas Friday, while the Tri-State area was also hit by heavy rainfall and thunderstorms and a house in Glen Rock, New Jersey, was hit by lightning, which sent a couple outside running.
One woman died when her car was washed off a bridge while a second was believed drowned on Saturday amid rains that drenched San Antonio, Texas, and triggered floodwaters so strong they swept a city bus off the street and forced the rescue of an estimated 130 people, officials said.
The flooding, prompted flash-flood warnings across south-central Texas through Sunday morning, with downpours of 2 to 4 inches expected Saturday evening, according to the National Weather Service.
Parts of San Antonio, home to the historic Alamo, received 9 inches of rain in three to four hours, the service also reported.
And as San Antonio started the clean-up behind its flooding, authorities to the southeast in Wilson County ordered evacuations as the rising waters moved in there.
Some areas of the Tri-State saw as much as 3 to 4 inches of rain through Thursday night.
In Connecticut, storms brought down trees in Waterbury floods in Danbury.
Conditions were predicted to get could enough for snow at higher altitudes in northern New York, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire and northern Maine.
There was also a threat of thunderstorms over the holiday weekend from the Plains to the middle and upper Mississippi Valleys.
The Northwest could see showers through the weekend, while dry weather was expected to win out in the Southwest.
Forecast for Miami and Atlantic City over the weekend can be found here and here.
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