Video: Heavy rain may cause ponding on roads

Updated: 5:35 AM EDT May 30, 2024

IT REALLY IS UNFAIR. SALLY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUTSIDE THIS MORNING. IT IS NOT THE GREATEST. BOTH IN BOSTON AND WORCESTER. WE’VE GOT RAIN. WE’VE GOT FOG AND IT IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN. YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. LOOKING AT A GOOD SLUG OF RAIN ABOUT A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ON AVERAGE. AND THIS IS COMING THROUGH FOR THE MORNING HOURS. SO IT IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. IT’S GOING TO TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AND THEN ONCE WE GET BY THIS, IT IS A SUNNY AND DRY STRETCH OF HEAD. REALLY A GORGEOUS STRETCH OF WEATHER ON THE WAY, BUT HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS RAIN FIRST AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT LITTLE SPIN RIGHT HERE. GOT AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WORKING ON THROUGH IT. DID PRODUCE SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CONNECTICUT. WE’VE HAD A COUPLE IN WORCESTER COUNTY, AND IT’S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT WE SEE A FEW MORE OF THESE KIND OF RUMBLES OF THUNDER WITH SOME KIND OF ROGUE LIGHTNING STRIKES, BUT I’M NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. THERE ARE SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN. ONE HERE OUT ALONG ROUTE TWO IN ORANGE, STRETCHING UP INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. NOT SEEING TOO MUCH IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS HEAVIER RAIN ON THE PIKE IS GOING TO BE LIFTING NORTHWARD, AND IT IS RAINING PRETTY GOOD AROUND BOSTON THROUGH METRO WEST, RIGHT DOWN INTO THE WORCESTER AREA, BACK BEYOND 495. AND THEN AS YOU GO SOUTH OF TOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN IS MUCH MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. NOT MUCH HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH COAST AND CAPE JUST YET, BUT THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE FILLING IN THIS MORNING, SO YOU NEED YOUR RAIN GEAR OUT THE DOOR. WE’RE IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60 RIGHT NOW, AND EVEN AFTER THE RAIN STOPS, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE WITH A NORTH NORTHEASTERLY WIND. IT’S GOING TO PRIMARILY STAY IN THE 60S TODAY, LATE DAY, WE MAY INCH TOWARDS 70. FARTHER TO THE WEST. IT’S LOW PRESSURE TRACKING RIGHT OVER US IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. BUT AS IT SCOOTS OUT, IT WILL TAKE THE RAIN. WITH IT. YOU CAN SEE 40S TO OUR NORTH AND THAT’S THE COOLER, DRIER AIR THAT WILL SETTLE IN AS WE GET INTO TONIGHT. SO PLAN ON RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH NOONTIME. STARTING TO TAPER EARLY AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE BY 4:00 IT’S JUST CLOUDY AND THEN LATE IN THE DAY WE WILL SEE SOME BREAKS OF SUN DEVELOPING JUST BEFORE SUNSET. SO A MUCH NICER EVENING. BUT IT TAKES UNTIL THE RAIN CLEARS TO PUSH US UP OVER 60 DEGREES. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A COOL DAY. STEADY RAIN, POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THAT MORNING COMMUTE. SO WATCH FOR PONDING OF THE WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND SOME BIG PUDDLES DEVELOPING OUT THERE. YOU CAN SEE BY NOONTIME THE RAIN IS LIGHTER BUT STILL AROUND AND THEN VERY QUICKLY AS THAT LOW PUSHES OFFSHORE, WE WILL DRY OUT. THIS AFTERNOON SHAUN WITH CLEARING SKIES. AS WE GET INTO TONIGHT, SO WE’LL CALL IT PARTLY CLOUDY HERE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S. COULD BE SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING, BUT IT’S A COOL NIGHT AND A BEAUTIFUL DAY TOMORROW. MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT WITH A LIGHT NORTHWESTERLY WIND. WE’RE ABOUT 70 TO 75 ON AVERAGE, SO LOOKING GOOD HERE ON YOUR FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE IS GOING TO CONTROL FOR THE WEEKEND, SO WE’LL KEEP THE SUNSHINE AROUND. SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE WEST ARE GOING TO GET STRETCHED OUT AS A BIG RIDGE BUILDS IN THE JET STREAM. AND THAT MEANS IT IS NOT GOING TO STAY DRY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BUT WARM UP, WE’RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE 80S EARLY NEXT WEEK. YOUR WEEKEND THOUGH, LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. WALL TO WALL SUNSHINE WHEREVER YOU’RE HEADED ON SATURDAY, PRIMARILY IN THE 70S. EVEN NEAR 70 ON CAPE COD. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY, IT’S A LITTLE BIT WARMER. CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, BUT A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AFTER TODAY. PROBABLY NOT UNTIL WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. SO THAT IS A LONG DRY STRETCH ON THE WAY. AL

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Video: Heavy rain may cause ponding on roads

Updated: 5:35 AM EDT May 30, 2024

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