A period of locally heavy rainfall, strong to damaging wind gusts and unseasonably mild temperatures are expected across parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
According to the National Weather Service, wind gusts to 50 to 60 mph will develop over the Cape and Islands Friday morning and lingering into the early afternoon with wind gusts to 40 to 50 mph expected for the rest of eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Friday morning.
A period of locally heavy rainfall will also impact southern New England from west to east late Thursday night into early Friday afternoon…