1.   It may make an appearance further north but the light rain will persist, especially over high ground.

2.   Along the immediate shore, a cold rain will persist much of the day from eastern Virginia to Cape Cod.

3.   As a light rain persisted, Syracuse asserted itself early.

4.   But some locally heavy rain will persist near the swirling winds that mark the vestiges of tropical storm Allison.

5.   Flooding rains will persist in the central Plains as low pressure moves slowly east from Kansas.

6.   Heavy rain will persist from the coast of southern Oregon and California to the west slopes of the Cascades and Sierras.

7.   It may, however, be a different story if the incessant rain persists another month or two.

8.   Light rain will persist along the east slopes of the southern Rockies.

9.   Locally heavy rain will persist Monday from eastern Texas to the southern Appalachians as a series of weak disturbances pass through a moisture-laden air mass.

10.   Rain will persist into the afternoon from Cape Cod, Mass., through Maine.