Weather in 5 Heavy rains and flash flooding are on the table today from parts of the Mid Atlantic to Southern New England. Weather conditions will improve Friday and Saturday with showers and thunderstorms Sunday. Nice late summer/early fall weather is coming next week for the Northeast & Middle Atlantic states. Tropical Storm Paulette is heading west northwest and could threaten Bermuda as a hurricane early next week while Tropical Storm Rene remains weak as it heads northwestward in the open waters of the far Eastern Atlantic. Other tropical systems are likely to develop over the next several days.