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Hello to all the readers! I appreciate you being here, whether you are a frequent participant, lurker, or new to the blog! Thanks for all the great comments and observations and thoughts! I appreciate them! I hope everybody is safe. I realize that some of you reading this are probably reading from a mobile device as you sit in the dark with no power. I hope you get your power restored as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
This entry isn’t going to focus too much on what has already happened. We can read comments here, our FB pages, turn on the news, etc. etc. to see the pictures and comments. Some of us have damage in our yards or neighborhoods. Some of us are lucky to this point with not much more than a yard full of leaves. And the coast… I think we’ve seen the worst there, but not out of the woods yet (one more high tide through midnight to worry about).\u00a0 I don’t think Tuesday’s noontime high tide will cause too much additional trouble. This entry is going to look at the remainder of the storm’s impact on southern New England and a peek ahead into early November.<\/p>\n
The center of Sandy is now over NJ. The NHC forecast track was very good, and Sandy took her sharp left turn late in the afternoon and actually strengthened before landfall. This was taking place while the storm was losing tropical characteristics, but she still retains enough of those characteristics to be pulling a slug of warm, tropical air northwestward into southern New England. We have seen the band of steady rain that came across the region late in the afternoon lift to the north and be replaced by rapidly-moving convective showers. This will continue through Tuesday, with even the chance that some thunder occurs. For the next several hours (into late Monday night) these convective showers will be most numerous and will drag down strong winds from just above, and still produce some powerful and potentially damaging wind gusts across much of southern New England, even though the sustained winds will be dropping off. We’ll be seeing these winds which were northeast to east, shift more to the southeast with time. A gradual subsiding of the wind will begin later tonight and continue through Tuesday. As the center of the low pressure area spins down (weakens) slowly, it will drift northward through eastern PA and NY through Wednesday, then down the St. Lawrence Valley Thursday & Friday, not completely letting go of our area until the weekend, when high pressure will dominate.<\/p>\n
Here is an updated forecast for eastern MA, southern NH, and RI, including a look at Halloween Night for those areas trick or treating. Some areas held their trick or treating this past Saturday, and some will likely postpone until this coming weekend due to the cleanup from the storm (I’m sure we’ll see a list of these locations soon)…<\/p>\n
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Scattered to\u00a0 numerous showers, some heavy, with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Some of the most intense rain should occur 8:30PM-10:00PM in eastern MA and RI, reaching southern NH as well. Temperatures rising into the 60s and turning more humid. Wind E to SE 20-40 MPH gusting 50-60 MPH (higher in a few locations) early, diminishing gradually overnight. Coastal flooding will continue, and will increase and be moderate in vulnerable areas, especially Cape Cod and the South Coast including RI, for high tides that begin around 8PM and run through midnight depending on location.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. Mild & muggy. Highs 65-70. Wind SE 15-25 MPH with higher gusts. A few powerful gusts may still occur in isolated locations where heavier showers are.<\/p>\n
TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Lows 55-60. Wind SE 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy to partly sunny. Isolated showers. Highs 63-68. Wind S 10-20 MPH gusting up to 30 MPH.<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY EVENING: Variably cloudy. Temperature around 60. Wind S 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy. Low 44. High 55.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Low 43. High 54.<\/p>\n
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Low 38. High 52.<\/p>\n
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. Low 33. High 51.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
8:24PM Hello to all the readers! I appreciate you being here, whether you are a frequent participant, lurker, or new to the blog! Thanks for all the great comments and observations and thoughts! I appreciate them! I hope everybody is safe. I realize that some of you reading this are probably reading from a mobile … Continue reading Storm Update & Forecast<\/span>