51.   Meanwhile, an expansive high-pressure zone will dominate from the Middle West to the southeast coast, promoting ample sun and late-spring warmth.

52.   Meanwhile, high pressure will nose from the lower Great Lakes states to the southeast coast.

53.   Meanwhile, high pressure will remain in control along the Southeast coast and across Florida promoting at least one more day of ample sunshine.

54.   Meanwhile, low pressure off the Southeast coast will direct showers and clouds toward the eastern Carolinas.

55.   Meanwhile, residual moisture will cause clouds, patchy showers and spotty drizzle to linger near the Southeast coast.

56.   Meanwhile, sultry conditions will linger near the Southeast coast.

57.   Meanwhile, sunshine will give way to high clouds across the southern Appalachians and Southeast coast.

58.   Meanwhile, thunderstorms will develop at the Southeast coast as a jet stream disturbance lingers over the Carolina Piedmont.

59.   Moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean will help produce drenching rains from the Southeast coast to the Ohio valley.

60.   Mild and rather humid air will cover areas from the eastern Tennessee Valley to the Southeast coast.