Our nor’easter continues to bring damaging wind, heavy rain and lots of waves to the northeast. The last 24 hours we have had some splashover at the coast and minor flooding, a lots of damage from the northeast wind, and waves of very heavy rainfall. Around 1-3” of rain has fallen as of Saturday midday across southern Rhode Island to Cape Cod.
A flash flood warning has been issued for Bristol and Plymouth counties in Massachusetts and Newport County in Rhode Island through 6:45 p.m.
Some peak wind gusts from Saturday morning: Plymouth 58 mph, Rockport 45 mph, Logan Airport 43 mph, Wellfleet 70 mph, Dennis 56 mph, and Nantucket Airport to 64 mph.
This long-duration coastal storm brings more of the wind, rain, & waves through Sunday and into Monday for some too.
Rain
Waves of heavy rainfall will move from southeast to northwest as the center of low pressure remains steady (around 988mb) and to the south of Long Island.
This wind-driven rain adds to our totals fast, then slowly diminishes to scattered showers by Monday into Tuesday morning. Around 3-6” of rain will fall through Tuesday morning in eastern Massachusetts & in Boston. With around 1-2” through Tuesday AM for western Massachusetts and Vermont. Make sure the storm drains are clear in the neighborhood from any debris or leaves so the water doesn’t cause flooding.
Wind
Our northeast wind continues to stay consistent 25-35 mph at the coast, 15-25 mph inland. Gusts at the coast around 60 mph through tonight, around 40 mph inland. More damage and outages will be likely through Sunday as the wind doesn’t’ subside until Monday. Wind is more easterly for Sunday. Then we still see gusts around 40 mph. The wind slowly changes to the north by Monday.
Coastal impact
A few more high tide cycles will bring more minor to pockets of minor coastal flooding through Sunday night. Our tides are astronomically high due to the full Harvest moon tonight.
Waves remain 10-18’ offshore through Sunday. Lots of splashover, and severe beach erosion continues through Monday.
After the storm
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