Irene – Sunday Afternoon Update

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2:50PM

Tropical Storm Irene’s center is moving NNE across west central MA at this time. Top sustained winds near the center, probably above the ground, are near 60 MPH. Widespread strong and gusty winds continue quite some distance from the center of the storm. Some heavy rain continues on the north and west side of the storm while much of the rain has ended to the south and east. Irene will continue NNE to NE into and across northern New England through tonight and be exiting North America via the Canadian Maritimes on Monday.

What to expect from here on…

Rain: The heaviest rain is over. Just lingering showers and some drizzle are left. River flooding will continue in parts of western MA. Any poor drainage flooding to the east has subsided for the most part.

Wind: Mostly in the 20-40 MPH range from here on, shifting from south to west over eastern areas, and mostly from the west to northwest over western areas. Gusts to or above 50 MPH are still possible in exposed higher elevations and open coastal areas. Additional tree damage is still possible.

Storm Surge: This evening’s high tide may still produce storm surge up to 4 or 5 feet in the bay areas of the South Coast. Eastern coastal areas will have just minor splashover due to rough surf.

Tornadoes: The threat of these is over.

Updated Boston Area Forecast…

REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy. Periods of showers and some drizzle. Brief episodes of sun are possible, especially southeast of Boston. Mild with tropical humidity. High 70-75. Wind SE to SW, trending more SW to W, 20-40 MPH with higher gusts.

TONIGHT: Breaking clouds followed by complete clearing. Humid. Low 65-7o. Wind W 15-35 MPH with gusts over 40 MPH, still may reach around 50 MPH over exposed higher elevations, diminishing somewhat overnight.

MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Warm and still humid. High 80-85. Wind W 15-30 MPH early, diminishing slowly.

MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Low 58-63. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY: Sunny. High 74-79. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Sunny. Low 56. High 78.

THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 62. High 83.

FRIDAY: Partly sunny. Low 63. High 82.

SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 65. High 84

13 thoughts on “Irene – Sunday Afternoon Update”

  2. I will say I am surprised by the number of trees down in JP/west Roxbury area. Several streets closed as well.

  3. That’s one way to shut up us weather geeks. Pull the plug on us! 🙂

    I’m going to call poopsies in marshfield and see if they are open.

    2. Do I need to know about poopsies?? For what it’s worth a good portion of marshfield doesn’t have power and Humarock doesn’t. Well head back around 6 am tomorrow. Might as well have no power there since we don’t here

  4. Hope everyone is ok!! We are lucky that all our electricity in our area is under ground so we do not lose power often.

  5. My husband was saying many of places he lived in Europe are underground too. He can’t figure why so much of US isn’t. Wellesley is UG tho and their power is out. I think because transformers are above ground

    1. It’s a joke that we dont have more power lines underground. We could have done it years ago and saved people a lot of headaches.
      Yes Europe has a lot of power lines underground. Unfortunately they are way ahead of us in many things.

  6. I am on the porch. I have to type message on phone and quickly put in window so it will send. Husband says I’m pathetic. I agree

    Why has the tropical storm warning been extended thru Monday 6:30 pm???

    1. It hasn’t been, as far as I know. Tropical storm conditions will be long gone by late tonight with just some lingering wind gusts.

  7. I’M Back- We just got power back on as we lost it around 1:30. We made out fine, or should say It could have been worse. Trees were coming down in my neighborhood left and right. One tree 5 doors down was uprooted the entire thing. My neighbor across the street had about 5 down one on his house. Driving around town seemed to be every other house had a tree or two down. Roads were littered with branches and wires down. the entire town was shut down even the seven eleven which in my 3 yrs here has never closed. Drove through Marshfield around 4:30 to see the ocean, to my surprise it was calm and did not see any damage, they as well have lost power and town is shut down. Went into Roach brothers in Marshfield the only place open and it was a joke.

  8. Power still out in Hanover.

    The reasons why electric service is not under ground is because of the unions. They cash in on events like this.

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