We’ll lock in another dry day across the region to end the workweek as a mix of sun and clouds, temps in the lower 40s and lighter breezes, allows for a solid January afternoon.
With that said, it won’t be long before the next storm comes charging in with rain and even a brief burst of wet snow inland. The highest risk to pick up an inch or two of wet snow is across the northern Worcester Hills from midnight – 3 a.m.
Even there, this is mainly a rain event.
Rain breaks out for most of us around midnight tonight and will become heavy at times by 3 a.m. and soak us through 8-9 a.m. Saturday.
It’s a quick hitter, but localized downpours lining up near and just before sunrise will offer a renewed opportunity of street/poor drainage flooding, and help extend ongoing, minor river flooding.
1-2″ of rain will fall across the region, with the highest totals near the I-95 corridor and parts of Southeast Mass.
Rain tapers to spotty showers after 9 a.m., with some breaks of sun possible during the late morning and into the afternoon. Just a few spot showers will be left over through the day.
Temps will jump into the 50s mid morning to early afternoon, before fading back.
The strongest winds run through here between 3 a.m. – 9 a.m. Saturday, with gusts of 45-55mph along the coast. A few gusts to 60mph are possible for Cape Ann and the Cape and Islands.
While the strongest winds are done with by the midday high tide, we’ll watch that one closely. The tide around noon is astronomically high, and that makes it easier for any storm surge to create coastal flooding.
Unfortunately, more coastal flooding is likely midday Saturday with minor flooding possible in Boston/South Shore and minor to pockets of moderate coastal flooding across Northeast Mass.
The hardest hit areas with coastal flooding last storm will be the hardest hit areas this go around, too. Major coastal flooding is possible from Hampton Beach, points north of that, and into parts of coastal Maine.
The pattern turns much colder on Sunday and that colder air has some staying power this go around. That means when the next storm nears us, or moves into us, we’ll have a better chance to catch some snow out of it. That potentially happens Tuesday pm into Wednesday am.
