Tomorrow is forecast to be Much Warmer than today.
Nowcast as of 11:05 PM EDT on July 11, 2009
Now
At 12 am...showers with thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds...heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Temperature around 64. Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. At 2 am...cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds...heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Temperature around 64. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. At 4 am...showers with thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds...heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Temperature around 64. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Forecast for Southern Bristol
Updated: 9:44 PM EDT on July 11, 2009
Overnight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening...then showers with thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds...heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Not as cool. Near steady temperature in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the morning...then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 80. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
At 1045 PM EDT National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a line of heavy showers and isolated strong thunderstorms with the potential to produce wind gusts to 30 mph along a line extending from from 3 miles southwest of Hampton New Hampshire to 7 miles north of Beverly to 8 miles southeast of Framingham to 10 miles south of Worcester to 9 miles east of Norwich to 6 miles south of Southold... moving east at 35 mph.
* Some locations affected include... Sterling... Essex... Beverly... Salem... Manchester... Dorchester... Exeter... Rockport... Hopkinton... West Greenwich... Coventry... Gloucester... Scituate... Sherborn... westerly... Smithfield... West Warwick... Richmond... Cranston... Johnston... North Providence... East Greenwich... Providence... Warwick... Roslindale... Central Falls... Pawtucket... Charlestown... East Providence... Seekonk... Wellesley... Kingston... Barrington... South Kingstown... attleborough... North Kingstown... Rehoboth... Warren... Tiverton... Prudence Island... Portsmouth... Newport... Narragansett... Jamestown... Bristol... Watertown... Swansea... Somerset... Newton... Medford... Dighton... Belmont... Arlington... Winthrop... West Roxbury... Swampscott... South Boston... Somerville... Revere... Needham... Nahant... Marblehead... Malden... Lynn... Forest Hills... Jamaica Plain... Everett... East Boston... Chelsea... Cambridge... Brookline... Brighton... Boston and Allston
These storms will be affecting the Interstate 95 corridor from Newburyport to the Boston Providence Metro areas as well as much of the remainder of Rhode Island between now and 1145 PM. The heaviest rains appear to be tracking toward bostons southwest suburbs into much of northern and central Rhode Island.
For your safety... get inside when these storms approach. Heavy rain may cause minor street flooding as well as ponding of water in poor drainage areas. Do not drive through flooded areas.
Several storms are producing cloud to ground lightning strikes. Get indoors or inside a vehicle now! If you are caught outside... stay away from isolated tall objects such as trees. Avoid open areas such as Golf courses or Ball fields.