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Rain Inches Away From Northeast
UPDATED 3:30 AM EST, November 15, 2009
UPDATED By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Patrick O'Hara | The nor`easter that pounded the Mid-Atlantic late last week continues its slow and tumultuous journey up the Eastern Seaboard. The storm is now focusing on a new target, bringing the heavy rain and high wind gusts to the Northeast before it slowly moves away later today.
WeatherBug Meteorologist Rob Eicher has the latest on this weekend`s heavy rain in this exclusive WeatherBug Wintry Severe Video.
The barrage of rain and wind is due to a slow-moving nor`easter that has been churning off the North Carolina coast. It is the product of Ida`s remnants, which spread rain and strong winds across the northern Outer Banks, coastal Virginia, the Delmarva Peninsula and across coastal New Jersey. Many locations along the coast saw more than 5 inches of rain since Thursday, with a few Live WeatherBug Tracking Stations reporting 7 inches or more. In addition, the Virginia Tidewater and Delmarva Peninsula saw winds gust beyond hurricane force, leading to widespread power outages.
The storm is now retreating from the Northeast coast, but still throwing plenty of steady, heavy rain over northern New England. Locations such as Cape Cod, Martha`s Vineyard, Nantucket, and the Hudson and Connecticut River Valleys saw as much as 2 to 3 inches of rain before the rain came to an end.
There were some staggering rainfall totals yesterday in the Northeast. Live WeatherBug Tracking Stations reported 2.97 inches of rain near Portland, Maine, with 2.12 inches in York, Maine and 2.01 inches in Sanford, Maine. The high rainfall totals also continued into Massachusetts and New Hampshire with 2.52 inches in Nashua, N.H., and 2.47 inches reported near Amesbury, N.H. Near Boston, 2.81 inches of rain was reported in Danvers, Mass., and 2.61 inches was reported in Byfield, Mass.
High pressure will begin to nose into the region this afternoon, bringing a return to bright sunshine up and down the coast with temperatures above normal for mid-November.
WeatherBug Meteorologists will continue to monitor the heavy rain potential and will provide the latest updated information. Keep your WeatherBug active to receive the latest weather in your neighborhood and get the latest updates anywhere on Twitter at WeatherBug WeatherBuzz.
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