Areas of flooding rain, gusty wind and coastal flooding will impact many up and down the East Coast in the coming days, as a nor'easter churns toward Massachusetts.
After a crisp drop into fall weather, a nor'easter is set to bring heavy wind and rain to Massachusetts over the long weekend. If you ventured outside early this morning, you might have jumped at the chill in the air.
The suburbs were frosty, with widespread temperatures in the 30s. Some areas of the western part of the state saw temps in the 20s. Boston escaped the sub-40 club, but it was the coldest air the city has seen since mid-April. The temperatures will make a nice rebound Friday afternoon. With full sunshine and a light wind, it will be a beautiful fall day. Saturday will be even more pleasant: a few wispy, high-thin clouds filter the sunshine and temperatures will rise to the mid 60s, making it a glorious day for any and all outdoor plans. The remainder of the holiday weekend will feature a significant turn, as a nor'easter heads toward Massachusetts. Two separate pieces of upper-level energy — one spinning over the southeast U.S. and another swinging down from central Canada — will interact and spawn a coastal low.Areas of flooding rain, gusty wind and coastal flooding will impact many up and down the East Coast in the coming days. Rain will expand across southern New England late Sunday, with the heaviest downpours likely along the South Shore and Cape Cod Sunday night into Monday morning. In Boston, expect a wind-swept, chilly rain beginning late Sunday, lingering potentially into Tuesday. Rainfall totals through Monday will generally run around 1-2 inches, with some locally higher amounts likely on the South Shore to Cape Cod. Localized flooding is likely, and fallen leaves will make travel extra slick.This coastal storm won’t just bring rain: It tightens the pressure gradient between the building high to our north and the new low offshore. This will whip east-northeast winds into gusts of 40–45 mph around Greater Boston and 45–55 mph from the South Shore down through Nantucket.Expect the wind to ramp up Sunday evening, with the strongest window from pre-dawn Monday until Monday midday. Be prepared for pockets of outages and damage. If you’ve got boats to haul, patio furniture to secure, or Halloween decorations to stake down, anytime prior to Sunday evening is the best window to do that.Offshore, seas will climb dramatically. By Sunday afternoon, 12-foot waves may rock vessels offshore, swelling to 15–20 feet by Monday, with 6–10-foot breakers pounding our beaches.Coming off of the highest tide cycles of the year this week, the combination of the wind and waves will create a surge resulting in minor coastal flooding and beach erosion. It's a good reason to pause the shoreline selfie and keep a safe distance from the surf. The storm is slow to depart to our south on Tuesday, so some lingering pockets of rain and even some gusts to 40 mph will be possible.
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