We continue to monitor the risk for heavy rain and possible flooding as well as strong winds for late Wednesday night into Thursday. In addition, there is a risk for a bit of sleet or freezing rain Wednesday afternoon over the higher elevations.
What / Where / When ...
- Risk for Light Icing with Sleet or Freezing rain
- Main risk over the Berkshires and northern Worcester Hills Wednesday afternoon.
- Temperatures should be above freezing but very cold ground temperatures may lead to some light icing and slippery travel on untreated surfaces
- Winter Weather Advisory in effect for Berkshire County
- Heavy Rainfall and Possible Flooding
- Greatest risk across eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts for late Wednesday night into Thursday
- Rainfall of 1-2 inches across southern New England with locally up to 3 inches for eastern CT, RI and SE Massachusetts
- Areas of urban and poor drainage flooding possible, as well as some river flooding
- Rivers at risk for minor flooding include:
- Farmington River at Simsbury, CT
- Pawcatuck River at Westerly and Wood River Junction, RI
- Wood River at Hope Valley, RI
- Taunton River at Bridgewater, MA
- Greatest risk across Rhode Island and SE Massachusetts, including the Cape and Islands, late morning into the afternoon on Thursday
- Wind gusts 50-55 mph possible with tree damage and isolated power outages possible