IT IS FOUR: 45, LET'S GET
OVER TO MICHELLE WHO HAS THE
VERY LATEST ON THE STORM.
WE
HAVE LOTS OF WATCHES AND
WARNINGS OUT.
WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
DAY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STREET
FLOODING, BASEMENT FLOODING IF
YOU ARE INTO IT.
-- PRONE TO
IT.
WE AWAIT OUR FIRST HIGH TIDE OF
THE MORNING.
THAT'S COMING UP AROUND 8:00 IN
THE MORNING.
THERE IS THE SCHEDULE FOR SOME
SPLASH OVER AND MINOR FLOODING
TODAY IN THIS EVENING.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A FEW OF
US TO GET CLOSE TO MODERATE
FLOODING FOR SATURDAY ALONG THE
SHORELINE.
VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN
ORDERED FOR ITS OF BOSTON HARBOR
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CAPE COD.
LOOKING AT THE RADAR THIS
MORNING, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE
RAIN HAS BEEN PICKING UP.
SOME HEAVY RAINFALL ALREADY
ARRIVING, AND IT JUST GETS WORSE
AS THE DAY GOES ON.
A HIGH IMPACT WHETHER DAY TODAY.
WIND OUTAGES AND DAMAGE
POSSIBLE.
TONIGHT
, STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE.
SATURDAY WILL BE A WINDY DAY.
LIGHT SHOWERS EXPECTED AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING
AND BEACH EROSION.
IT IS 41 DEGREES IN NORTH
KINGSTOWN.
THE TEMPERATURES IN WESTERLY IN
THE LOWER 40'S WITH GUSTS OF 30
MILES PER HOUR THERE.
THE STORM SYSTEM STARTING TO
INTENSIFY.
THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE.
FUTURECAST SHOWS HOW CLOSE THE
STORM COMES TO US.
VERY HEAVY RAIN.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW TO THE
LEFT
.
WE COULD GET A BURST OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY WEST SNOW
RECORD FALL
AND TAKE POWER LINES ENTRIES.
--CAKE
POWER LINES AND TREES.
WE COULD GET A THREE INCHES TO
SIX INCHES OF SNOW.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WINDS
INCREASING.
NOTICE THE DIRECTION OUT OF THE
NORTHEAST.
BY MIDDAY WE
ARE LOOKING AT
GUSTS OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR
POSSIBLE, WITH THE STRONGEST
GUSTS ALONG THE COAST LINE.
4:30 IN THE AFTERNOON WE COULD
SEE A 60 MILE PER HOUR WIND
GUSTS.
MAYBE CLOSE TO 70 MILES PER
HOUR.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT POWER OUTAGES.
SEVEN DAY FUTURECAST.
MULTI-HAZARD STORM FOR TODAY.
ON SATURDAY, COASTAL AREAS WITH
SOME HIGH TIDE FLOODING.
TEMPERATURES
IN THE UPPER 30'S
IN THE MORNING, LOWER 40'S IN
THE AFTERNOON, CLOUDS LINGER
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE CANNOT LET OUR GUARD DOWN.
THERE'S ANOTHER STORM WE ARE
TRACKING FOR THE MIDDLE AND END
OF NEXT WEEK.