{"id":258708,"date":"2026-08-04T02:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258708\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T02:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:10:59","slug":"allentown-weather-flood-watch-canceled-but-heat-and-humidity-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258708\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown weather: Flood watch canceled but heat and humidity ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cold front will work its way through the region Monday evening, but threats of flash flooding have subsided in the Lehigh Valley, the National Weather Service said Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A flood watch that was supposed to be in effect until 11 p.m. was canceled for much of the region, although it remained in effect along the Interstate 95 corridor, including the lower portion of Bucks County.<\/p>\n<p>The cold front will not only drop temperatures but also will drop the humidity, from a tropical dew point in the 70s to a much more comfortable low- to mid-60s, the weather service said.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday is expected to be pleasant, with highs in the low to mid 80s.<\/p>\n<p>However, another warm front will make its way into the region Tuesday night, bringing showers and isolated thunderstorms into Wednesday morning. An exact track of those storms was uncertain, but some models are predicting heavy rain that could result in flash flooding.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the week brings hot, humid and an \u201cat times stormy pattern,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/product.php?site=PHI&amp;issuedby=PHI&amp;product=AFD&amp;format=CI&amp;version=1&amp;glossary=1&amp;highlight=off\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">forecasters said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Highs Friday and Saturday ran from upper 70s to near 90, with dewpoints in the mid-70s. That will lead to heat indexes of over 100 degrees for much of the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll that being said, this still doesn\u2019t look nearly as impactful an extreme heat setup as what we saw earlier this summer during the first week of July,\u201d forecasters said.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms will be possible through the rest of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the extended forecast:<\/p>\n<p>Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a 10th of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 a.m., then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a 10th of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday: A slight chance of showers before 8 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 60%.<\/p>\n<p>Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 50%.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 40%.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 30%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cold front will work its way through the region Monday evening, but threats of flash flooding have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,182,139,432,1133],"class_list":["post-258708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}