Nasty Nor’easter

Drenching downpours whipping winds all in the forecast in the current era as a coastal low develops off the coast just south of New England bringing a late Spring Nor easter to our region Showers increase coverage area this morning and by midday most of towns and cities experience steady rain This afternoon the intensity of the rain picks up with embedded downpours producing big puddles on the roads and a few standing water in poor drainage areas The locally heavy rain continues into this evening before tapering off the scattered showers overnight All mentioned and done most of towns and cities pick up - of rain with localized pockets of - realizable where the heaviest bands of rain set up You can t have a Nor easter without the northeast wind and that will increase in speed through the day Winds peak this afternoon and this evening with gusts - mph inland and - mph at the coast The strongest gusts will likely be across Cape Ann and Cape Cod especially out near the National Seashore Isolated tree damage power outages are workable With the wind coming in off the water the ocean water will get pushed back toward the coast We ll keep an eye on this evening s high tide around pm A couple hours going into it and a couple hours coming out of it we ll watch for specific minor coastal flooding and inundation of specific ocean water to typical vulnerable nearshore roads A scant scattered showers linger into the upcoming day morning with a mainly dry afternoon settling in It ll still be cool and mostly cloudy but somewhat improved We ll likely track another patch of showers the following morning night into Saturday morning Saturday afternoon looks more dry than wet Sunday and Monday continue to see gradual improvements with Memorial Day being a bit milder than the rest While a limited isolated pop-up showers are attainable Monday we ll find a large number of more dry hours than wet to end the holiday weekend