Sunday, December 12, 2010

Flood Watch

Heavy rain will continue through the night, creating some urban flood problems for the Monday morning commute. The wind will gust to 50 MPH until midnight, which will down some branches. Showers will wind down in the morning, then the front will come through and the cold air will come back into the area for the week. No snowstorms are expected through this week as the wait goes on for the first significant snowfall.

Alerts:

A Flood Advisory is in effect until dawn Monday for the entire area.

A Wind Advisory is in effect until midnight for the whole area.

Boston, MA forecast:

Tonight: Windswept heavy rain this evening, then showers after midnight. Near steady temps near 52. SE wind of 25-35 MPH with gusts to 50 MPH this evening, decreasing to 15-25 MPH after midnight.

Monday: Showers until 11 AM, then cloudy with scattered showers. Temps near 50 in the morning, but falling to 40 by 4 PM. Wind shifting to NW at 10-20 MPH. Total rainfall around 2 inches.

Monday night: Partial clearing with lows around 30. No flash freeze expected.

Tuesday: Partly sunny with a flurry possible. Near steady temp around 30.

Wednesday: A mix of sun and clouds. Windy with highs in the mid 20's.

Thursday: Sunny with highs around 30.

Friday: Sunny with highs in the 30's.

World weather: Nearly 20 inches of snow fell in Minneapolis causing the roof of the Metrodome to fall, and causing the MIN-New York Giants game to be moved to Detroit on Monday. Near blizzard conditions in the Chicago area caused many flights to be cancelled, but did not effect the Pats rout of the Bears.

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