Elements of rain and gusty winds continue to cross the region on Saturday morning and will continue into the afternoon overnight and throughout Sunday and Sunday night. For most of us, this is a nuisance, long-duration storm with persistent rain and breezy conditions.
When all is said and done, two to five inches of rain is most likely, with some areas perhaps approaching half a foot but because it’s coming over such a long duration, significant flooding is unlikely. I would still check your basement and make sure your sump pumps are working correctly if you have them.
Along the coastline, winds will be strongest Saturday afternoon through Saturday night. At times winds make us near 50 mph in those areas that are exposed particularly to the Northeast.
Widespread power outages are unlikely over inland areas and even along the coastline where there will be some power issues this will not be an extreme event.
Any coastal flooding will be minimal with some of the typical shore roads seeing water but this is not a major coastal flooding event. Beach erosion will occur because we have that persistent northeasterly flow for multiple high tide cycles. The most vulnerable spots will be those exposed to the northeast.
Temperatures will be around 58 to 62 each afternoon, falling back to 53 to 57 overnight. You don’t see much of a range in temperature in the situations because we have no sunshine.
The rain will be more showery in nature today and tonight but more steady for several hours Sunday and Sunday evening before becoming more shower again through Monday.
Tuesday will begin the slow transition back to Sunshine although it may take all day before skies really improve and it’s likely for some of you it’ll be Wednesday when you finally see the sunshine. The good news here is that temperature will respond and we’re going back to the 70s for the second half of next week.
