Late-weekend storm will bring heavy rain and strong wind

It s a decent start to our weekend It will be dry with highs in the mid upper s We ll see more clouds compared to the past couple of bright days It s great for any fall initiatives The subsequent day we ll start to feel the impacts from our inbound nor easter Those impacts include heavy rain strong wind minor coastal flooding and beach erosion The peak of the event will be on Monday Showers and breezy conditions linger into Tuesday Let s talk about the setup Low pressure has developed off the southeast coast It s associated with the rain showers you re seeing on radar along the Carolina coast Meanwhile specific power near Canada and New York will merge with this area and help to strengthen our future storm A strong pressure gradient sets up between the low and a Canadian high that will increase our northeast winds Take advantage of the coming day morning The moral of the weather story the next morning the farther north you are the more dry hours you ll get We ll wake up to a lot of clouds We should start to see the northern fringes of the precipitation shield by noon for the South Coast Cape and Islands Chosen showers could develop near Boston by the evening The heavier rain pushes north and fills in Sunday night into Monday morning At this point the gusty wind will pick up as well Expect a wind-driven rain Monday morning We ll continue to get waves of rain heavy at times Monday Scattered showers linger especially for the coast Monday night into Tuesday By Tuesday the rain will not be as heavy Moving on to the wind component It will be breezy the subsequent day Gusts pick up by Sunday night Particular of the strongest wind could peak Monday morning I think gusts could be near mph inland You ll want to take the time now through the subsequent day evening to bring in your Halloween decorations and secure your boats in the marina The strongest wind will be for the Cape and Islands There s a Wind Advisory for the Cape where gusts could be up to mph A High Wind Watch is in place for the Islands where gusts could be up to mph Gusts in these ranges could lead to tree damage and power outages I think rainfall amounts will range from - for a lot of us There s a signal that various towns in southeast Mass could pick up We ll also watch for minor coastal flooding and beach erosion especially for our east-facing beaches Stay with us this weekend for updates on the storm Meteorologist Melanie Black