National Weather Service Issues High Wind and Coastal Flood Watches

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National Weather Service Issues High Wind and Coastal Flood Watches

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The National Weather Service has issued both high wind and flood watches for the region.

The difficult weather could hit starting on Sunday night.

 

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Sunday Night

Rain, mainly after 8 pm. Patchy fog. Low around 50. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.

 

HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph

  possible.

* WHERE...Portions of southeastern Massachusetts and northern

  and southern Rhode Island.

* WHEN...From late Sunday night through Monday evening.

 

Monday

Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. High near 61. Windy, with a southeast wind 24 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

 

COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE MONDAY MIDDAY HIGH TIDE...

* WHAT...One to two feet of inundation above ground level

  possible in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal

  waterways (5.4 to 8.2 feet Mean Lower Low Water).

* WHERE...Southeast Providence RI, Eastern Kent RI, Bristol RI,

  Washington RI and Newport RI Counties.

* WHEN...Surrounding hours of the Monday midday high tide.

 

 

Monday Night

A chance of rain, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog before 8pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a southwest wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

 

Tuesday

A chance of rain, mainly after 9 am. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Southwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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