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Cloudy, rainy day to end the week

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PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE. HERE'S HOW. LAST WEEKEND WE HAD SMALL DRINKS WITH UMBRELLAS, RIGHT? AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIG ONE. [LAUGHTER] DRINK ALL YEAR ROUND. I MEAN, RIGHT. IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO COOL. IT'S GOING TO BE CLOUDY AND IT'S GOING TO BE CHILLY HERE. HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS WIND FROM THE NORTHEAST THAT'S GOING TO BE OVER 2030 MILES PER HOUR WITH FLOORS ON THE COAST. IF YOU'RE ON THE COAST, THE WIND IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE STRONGER. AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BRIGHTER ON SUNDAY. SO SUNDAY SEEMS TO BE THE BETTER DAY OF THE WEEKEND FOR OUTDOOR PLANS. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE RAIN OF THE LAST 24 HOURS AND YOU CAN HARDLY SEE ANYTHING IN BOSTON TO THE NORTH AND WEST. ONLY 130/200 INCHES. BUT HEY, IT WAS ENOUGH TO BREAK OUR DRY DAY STRIP. SO IT'S AT 29. BUT SEE, AS YOU GO SOUTH, YOU GET INTO HEAVIER RAIN, HALF AN INCH IN HYANNIS, AND THEN YOU GO DOWN TOWARDS THE NEARBY ISLANDS AND OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN. NANTUCKET, MARTHA'S VINEYARD, CHATHAM HAD THAT TOO. ORLEANS HAD ABOUT AN INCH. FALMOUTH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. AS EXPECTED, THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN DOWN TOWARDS CAPE AND THE ISLANDS, AND BY SATURDAY IT WILL BE THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS, CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. THE AMOUNTS ARE REALLY NOT MUCH MORE TO THE NORTH AND WEST, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS STORM IS A LITTLE TOO FAR AWAY OUT AT SEA TO BRING ANYONE ANY MEANINGFUL RAIN. BUT IT IS RAINING, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RAIN TOWARDS THE SOUTH COAST AND TOWARDS CAPE NANTUCKET IS ALSO HAVING MORE RAIN. IT'S RATHER LIGHT RIGHT NOW, BUT. WE HAVE THESE LIGHT RAINFALLS COMING OUT OF ESSEX COUNTY, SPREADING BACK HERE TO LOWELL, SPREADING WEST THROUGH THE MERRIMACK VALLEY AND MOVING ITS WAY TO ROUTE TWO. WORCESTER METRO WEST IS BATTLING SOME VERY LIGHT RAINFALLS AND DRIZZLES THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAIN IS COMING OFF THE COAST AND SOME OF IT WILL ACTUALLY CONTINUE INTO THE TOMORROW. SO BRING RAIN GEAR WITH YOU IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO TODAY. WE'RE STARTING IN THE CLOUDY 60S AND TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH TODAY, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE CLOUDS AND THE RAIN COMING UP, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WIND WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH. THAT HAS MADE THE SYSTEM UNABLE TO REALLY MOVE PAST US. SO IT'S ENTERED GROWTH AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE WIND. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE AND BY TONIGHT THE COAST IS VISIBLE. WE'VE GUSTED OVER 20 mph INLAND BECAUSE OF 30 TO OVER 40 mph AT THE CAPE. AND THIS WIND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL YOUR SATURDAY. NOT AS STRONG BUT STILL ENOUGH TO BACK UP SOME OF THAT WATER ALONG THE COAST. WE HAVE A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING WITH THOSE BIG BREAKING WAVES. THE CONTINUED CURRENT ON COAST WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT HIGH TIDES. BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WAVES OFF THE COAST ARE FORECAST TO BE OVER 10FT HIGH SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS ARE WITH US TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE LIGHT RAIN AT TIMES SO JUST HAVE YOUR RAIN GEAR WITH YOU. TEMPERATURES WON'T STAY TODAY. THEY'LL STAY AT 18-19 CAL TODAY, SO A COOL, RAW FEELING. THE RAIN IS COMING. IT'LL STAY WITH US UNTIL TONIGHT. SO IT'LL BE RAIN AND DRIZZLE IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT, THE GUSTY WIND WILL CONTINUE AT ABOUT 13-15 CAL TODAY. AND TOMORROW ONLY ABOUT 15-18 CAL. YOUR SATURDAY WILL BE CLOUDY AND COOL AGAIN, WITH SOME RAIN FROM MORNING TO NOON. AND THEN WHEN IT'S LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEY'LL START TO CLEAR UP. AND WHEN THE STORM FINALLY STARTS TO MOVE AWAY ON SUNDAY, OUR WEATHER WILL BE IMPROVED. SO WE'LL SEE THOSE CLOUDS BREAK UP LATE IN THE DAY AND LEAVE US A LITTLE SUN. THE WIND WILL LET GO. EARLY NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE DRY BUT STILL COOL WITH THE 15-18 GRAMS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE 12-18 GRAMS, I DON'T SEE THEM. THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE. I DON'T SEE THEM

Video: Cloudy, rainy day for the weekend

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