<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Good morning, </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Here is the latest update on strong/damaging winds and coastal flooding today across eastern MA.  </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style=""><b style=""><font color="#ff0000">Changes from previous forecast</font></b><font color="#000000"> ...<b> High Wind Warning expanded to include Cape Ann (Rockport, Manchester & Gloucester) & Wind Advisory expanded into Boston & into western Plymouth county</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><u><font size="4">Headlines:</font></u></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#ff0000" style="font-weight:bold">High Wind Warning</font><font color="#000000"><b>: </b>In effect from early Friday morning through Friday evening for Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Cape Ann.</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">Wind Advisory</b><font color="#000000">: In effect from early Friday morning through Friday evening for  Plymouth county to Boston</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><b style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">Coastal Flood Warning</b><font color="#000000">: In effect for Friday morning's high tide for all of the east coast of MA, including Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard</font></font>  </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#7f6000" style="font-weight:bold">Storm Warning</font><font color="#000000">:</font><font color="#000000"> In effect early Friday morning thru Friday evening, for the coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the offshore waters adjacent Cape Cod and the Islands (excluding Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound).</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#cc0000"><b>Gale Warning</b></font>: In effect early Friday morning thru Friday evening, for the remaining waters.</li></ul></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><u><font size="4">Details:</font></u></b><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><u><br></u></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><u>Coastal Flooding</u>: </b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><b>Friday Morning: Widespread Minor with pockets of moderate coastal flooding</b></div></div><div style=""><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Locations</b>: entire eastern MA coastline from the NH/MA border to Nantucket.  This includes the coastline of Boston, Cape Cod and the Islands. </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Timing</b>: From 6 AM to 10 AM Friday morning.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Impacts/Inundation</b>: For Nantucket: One to two feet of inundation above ground level possible. For east coastal Mass including Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, up to one foot of<b> </b>inundation above ground level is possible.  </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Confidence and Uncertainty: </b>High confidence on widespread minor coastal flooding but some uncertainty on areal extent of moderate flooding. The greatest confidence for moderate coastal flooding is at Nantucket. If higher winds and waves occur then more widespread moderate coastal flooding will occur. Conversely if wind and waves trend lower than moderate coastal flooding will not be as widespread. </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Friday Evening & Saturday Morning High Tides:</b> minor coastal flooding is possible during these high tide cycles along the entire eastern MA coastline.  Thus a Coastal Flood Advisory may be needed for these two tide cycles.</li></ul><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-0da48ae8-7fff-6240-4e80-8e5f6bfd7720" style=""><b style=""><i style=""><font color="#38761d">COASTAL FLOOD DEFINITIONS ...</font></i></b><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.55864;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Minor Coastal Flooding</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Flooding of the most vulnerable shore roads and/or basements due to height of storm tide or wave splash over.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Majority of roads remain passable with only isolated closures due to nuisance flooding or rip rap.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Isolated inundation up to a foot is possible.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There is no significant threat to life and any impact on property is minimal.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This type of event is covered by a </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Coastal Flood Advisory</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.55864;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Moderate Coastal Flooding</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Widespread flooding of vulnerable shore roads and/or basements due to height of storm tide and/or wave action.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Numerous road closures are needed.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lives may be at risk for people who put themselves in harm’s way.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Isolated damage of very vulnerable structures such as docks or house decks/porches near the high tide line may be observed.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pockets of inundation up to 3 feet above ground are likely.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:17pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.55864;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This type of event is covered by a </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Coastal Flood Warning</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li></ul></span><font color="#000000"> </font><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The link below provides Coastal Flood Threat and Inundation Mapping ...<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.weather.gov/box/coastal">https://www.weather.gov/box/coastal</a>  <br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Strong to Damaging Winds: </b><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Locations: </b>Cape Cod, the Islands and east coastal Mass.<b>  </b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Timing: </b>Strongest north to northeast<b> </b>winds occur today between roughly 8 am and 4 pm.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Winds</b>: gusts up to 60 mph for Cape Cod, the islands and Cape Ann, and up to 50 mph for east coastal Mass.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Impacts: </b>Possible downed trees and power lines. </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Confidence and Uncertainty</b>: highest confidence for damaging winds is across Cape Cod, the Islands and Cape Ann with wind gusts at or exceeding 60 mph is most likely. A second area of concern is coastal Plymouth county where winds may be just as strong.</li></ul><div>Frank Nocera</div><div><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small">If you have any questions or would like more information, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small">don't hesitate to contact us via this email address, on </span><a href="https://nwschat.weather.gov/" style="font-size:small" target="_blank">NWSChat</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small">, or at the following:</span></div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div>National Weather Service Boston/Norton, MA</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">46 Commerce Way</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Norton, MA 02766</span></font><div><font size="2">508.622.3280<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></font><a href="http://www.weather.gov/boston" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:small" target="_blank">Website</a><span style="font-size:small"> | </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:small" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="font-size:small"> | </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/NWSBoston" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:small" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>