Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring days of heavy rain to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica and may trigger life-threatening flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center says.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — You’ll need the umbrella for at least one more day as Northeast Ohio stays locked in a cool, unsettled pattern as lake-effect rain continues downwind of Lake Erie before drier air and high pressure bring a break for the weekend.

A back-and-forth Bay Area weather pendulum that has swung between some wet October days and some gorgeously sunny and warm ones began to swing back toward the wet stuff Wednesday, courtesy of a system moving up the Central Coast from the south. Come the weekend, it will be a system descending from the north that may cause the rain to fall.

It's a perfect weather set-up for lake-effect rainfall. Let's look at when the rain gets going, when it stops and how much will be in rain gauges when it's all done.

Drought conditions in Ohio saw only modest changes over the past week, according to the latest report. Rain on Wednesday and Thursday was not included in the update.

A storm currently centered in Utah will bring showers to the region on Friday, with light rain continuing through the weekend and temperatures remaining cool and cloudy before a new storm brings cold air and a chance of frost for the Halloween weekend.

What We’re Tracking Tonight’s low sits at 50 degrees, a slightly warmer morning than the past few days. There is an incoming storm system making its way into the Central Plains area. Currently a system of low pressure sits in the Four Corners region.