Several inches of rain could fall in the eastern Mid-Atlantic and New England but the storm should remain east of Baltimore.
Bands of heavy rain are surging up the East Coast, drenching coastal regions with upward of 2 inches of rain, which could cause flooding in the eastern Mid-Atlantic and New England.are in effect in eastern North Carolina, Southeast Virginia, eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire Seacoast and large parts of Maine. The watches remain in effect in the Mid-Atlantic until Thursday evening and until late Friday in Maine.
Eastern North Carolina and Southeast Virginia could see another 1 to 2 inches on top of 1.5 to 2.5 inches that have already fallen, while 1.5 to 3.5 inches could drench the zone from eastern Massachusetts to eastern Maine.But blustery winds in the storm’s wake, which could gust up to 20 mph on Thursday and 40 mph on Friday, could complicate efforts.
The precipitation is a result of a strung-out cold front draped along the Eastern Seaboard. Waves of low pressure are riding along the front, enhancing the rainfall.On Thursday afternoon, a wave of low pressure east of Cape Hatteras, N.C., will become dominant as it becomes better-organized. Then it will intensify as it tracks northward just off the East Coast, drawing energy from a disturbance in the jet stream and passing over the Gulf Stream.
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