Good Sunday morning! An unsettled stretch with a few systems in our vicinity this week will bring us lots of cloud cover, gusty winds, and some much needed rain.
Sunday will stay decently dry. A stray sprinkle is possible, but we’ll mainly stick with a mostly cloudy sky today. High temperatures return to the low 60s.
Overnight into much of the day Monday, isolated light rain showers will be possible. The rain becomes more scattered Monday evening and widespread overnight. Monday will still be cool with highs in the low 60s. Winds will begin to pick up and become breezy with 25 MPH gusts.
Tuesday will likely be the nastiest day this week. Widespread rain with heavier downpours at times all day and stronger winds. Northeast winds gusting to 40-50 MPH will bring us minor tidal flooding during high tide Tuesday afternoon. Ocean overwash is possible as well.
Winds will be a little lighter, but still breezy Wednesday. It won’t be as wet Wednesday with just isolated rain showers. Scattered showers return Thursday. Thursday will briefly be a bit warmer in the mid 60s. By the end of this unsettled stretch, we’ll likely have picked up around 2″ of rain.
Halloween looks decent. A stray shower is possible, but we will be mostly dry. We should start to see clouds clearing out later in the day. Highs in the low to mid 60s with overnight lows in the mid 40s.
Next weekend looks dry with lots of sunshine.
In the Caribbean, Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified over the past 24 hours from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane. It will likely strengthen into a Category 5 hurricane before making landfall in Jamaica. This will unfortunately cause lots of devastation across Jamaica. Melissa will then move through southern Cuba as a major Category 3 hurricane and then through parts of the Bahamas. It is forecast to reach near Bermuda as a Category 1 hurricane Friday. We will be spared from impacts locally from Melissa, but it will cause a lot of destruction on its way from the Caribbean to the Atlantic.
Break the rain gear out and keep dry this week!
– Meteorologist Kristy Steward
