Trips to the pumpkin patch and loose Halloween decorations are in jeopardy early this week as a threat of heavy rain and gusty winds expands east, warn AccuWeather meteorologists.

"The combination of the jet stream interacting with warm and humid air will make for a volatile situation where storms can produce more widespread wind damage," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty.

A gusty squall line embedded in a large area of rain moved into the Northeast and mid-Atlantic Sunday night. The rain will last into the start of the workweek on Monday in New England, resulting in a slow morning commute.

While the gusty winds are not needed, the rain is. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday, most of the northeastern quarter of the nation was experienc

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