Massachusetts/Rhode Island – As you’ll have heard, a nor’easter is approaching southern New England. Here is the newest info.
According to the National Weather Service, a Winter Storm Watch is in impact from late Sunday via Monday night for south coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island, together with Cape Cod and the Islands.
Heavy snow is feasible. Total snow accumulations of greater than a foot are attainable.
Whiteout situations are attainable at occasions and will make journey treacherous and probably life-threatening.
Onset of the snow appears to be like to be Sunday evening, with the height of the snowfall charges later Sunday evening into Monday, earlier than snow tapers off Monday night. It`s attainable dry air at onset might
trigger snow to carry off till Monday, so it’s additionally not out of the query that the majority of the snow might fall in the course of the day Monday.
In addition to the snow, there may be rising confidence in seeing widespread 50-60 mph gusts on Cape Cod and the Islands and many of the coastal waters. High Wind Watches have been issued for Cape Cod and the Islands, with Storm Watches for the coastal waters. This shall be a harmful storm for mariners with potential for at the least 25-foot seas offshore.
Finally, excessive astronomical tides Monday into Tuesday brings the potential for minor to reasonable coastal flooding alongside japanese MA coast, relying upon timing of highest surge. Surge steering and sample recognition suggests a 3-foot surge round excessive tide early Monday morning and once more early Tuesday morning, which might convey the water stage to over 6 toes in Nantucket Harbor and to 13.5 toes in Boston, though wave impacts alongside the shoreline would end in larger impacts (doubtless Moderate) in addition to coastal erosion. Keep in thoughts massive stress falls would additionally add to the water stage, so even a extra offshore monitor might nonetheless end in vital coastal flooding.