Critical Fire Weather in Southern New England; Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow for the Northwestern U.S.

Red Flag Warnings have been remain in effect today for southern New England due to more critical fire weather from gusty winds and dry fuels. An Atmospheric River will bring a marginal risk for heavy to excessive low elevation rain and mountain snow to the Pacific Northwest and northern California today into at least Thursday night. Read More >

Rainfall Plot for several days for TS Lee.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee produced several days of rain over most of Wakefield's forecast area from the 5th to 9th of September. The heaviest rainfall was east of Interstate 95 with widespread 4 to 8 inch totals however amounts dropped off quickly near the coast. Heavy rates of rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings produced flash flooding in some areas. On Thursday, twelve inches fell at Colonial Beach on the Potomac in Westmoreland County. Some roads were washed out in that area where a total of 20 inches fell during the week.