Heavy rain

Heavy rain is on its way for today, followed by a quiet and mild weekend.

Today:  Rain, heavy at times between 10 AM and 4 PM.  Highs in the low to mid 50s south, 40s north.

Tonight:  Slight chance of a rain or snow shower, becoming partly cloudy, lows near 30 south, 20s north.

Tomorrow:  Partial sunshine, slight chance of a snow shower in the morning, highs low to mid 50s south, upper 40s to near 50 north.

Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy, lows in the 30s south, 20s north.

Sunday:  Mainly sunny, highs in the upper 40s south, low 40s north.

Discussion:  The main area of precipitation will rotate through New England today, it is already affecting Western New England.  It won't be long before Eastern Southern New England sees the steady moderate to heavy rain.  There is a slight chance a few rumbles of thunder might be heard in the heavier downpours.  I'm expecting rainfall amounts between 0.5" and 1.5" of rain today.  Flooding still remains a concern, but this threat should be isolated as we shouldn't see widespread rain amounts over 1".

Once the rain moves out later today our skies should clear a bit overnight.  There is still a slight chance of a stray shower or snow shower overnight, especially in central and northern New England.  Temperatures will drop off to near or below freezing tonight.  Behind this low pressure system we won't see a significant drop off in temperatures.  They will gradually go down through the weekend into the start of the work week.

I'll have a bit more later, including some info on the Tsunami warnings for the West Coast of North America.  I'm currently watching what is happening in Hawaii right now.

Thanks for reading!

-Jon K.