This is certainly not the Thanksgiving weather anyone was hoping for. This morning New England, and the vast majority of the East Coast for that matter, awoke to find themselves immersed in a world of torrential rain, ankle-high puddles, squalling winds, and spiraling temperatures. You’re umbrella is but a bandaid for a bullet wound, bending and flexing with the perpetual gusts and only occasionally shielding you from the biting precipitation. So what can you expect for the rest of the day and Thanksgiving?
First, here’s weatherpersons Matt Noyce of NECN and Cindy Fiztgibbon of WCVB with an idea of what exactly we’re dealing with outside, because surely you haven’t left the confines of your bed or couch and layers upon layers of blankets. Hot toddies anyone?
Merrimack NH: @4castrnh reports 1.98″ rain so far, 1.03″ in last 3 hours. More rain than in the last 2 months.
— Matt Noyes (@MattNoyesNECN) November 27, 2013
Winds cranking NH & ME coasts – Isle of Shoals gusts 54mph, Matinicus Rock gusts 57mph.
— Matt Noyes (@MattNoyesNECN) November 27, 2013
Heaviest rain of morning lifting NE through #Boston right now (yellow line)- about to pour harder on No. Shore #WCVB pic.twitter.com/mxjgGMEY82
— Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) November 27, 2013
In the past 20 minutes, Massachusetts power outages have doubled from ~10K customers…to ~20K.
— Matt Noyes (@MattNoyesNECN) November 27, 2013
Good Morning! Rain will get heavier in the next few hours- winds getting stronger thru 9am gust 50mph+ SE MA #WCVBpic.twitter.com/IbgOQzTpkn
— Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) November 27, 2013
Suffice to say, it’s a weather war zone out there. So bad is it that the National Weather Service out of Taunton, Mass. has issued extended flood advisories for ten out of the 14 Massachusetts counties as well as a handful in neighboring Rhode Island and Connecticut (see: below).
As for Thanksgiving day, the National Weather Service is predicting that Mother Nature will ease up on the rain and wind whiplashing by a significant margin.
“The storm system affecting the East on Tuesday and Wednesday will have pulled well north into eastern Canada. However, there will be some lingering gusty winds in the Northeast as low pressure departs, mainly in the morning,” reports the service. Sorry, Canada.
Be sure to stay tuned to BostInno for updates and details on today’s and tomorrow’s weather.