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THAT E-MAIL ADDRESS REPORTED AT
WPRI.COM.
WEATHER.
WE'RE TRACKING THE REMNANTS OF
SANDY.
WE'RE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE
NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE.
WE COULD SEE MINOR FLOODING.
I SEE THE WORST OF SANDY IS OVER
FOR US OF THE WE'RE DEALING WITH
THESE LINGERING FACTS.
LET'S GO DOWN TO THE RADAR.
SOME DOWNPOURS MOVING ON SHORE
THIS MORNING.
THEY'RE MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST TO
NORTHWEST.
THEY'RE PULLING MOISTURE OFF
OVER THE OCEAN.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH
SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME
TODAY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
MAYBE EVEN A COUPLE SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING.
WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE LIVE VIEW.
THERE'S SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
WHEN YOU SEE THIS, IT'S JUST
RAINING BUCKETS OVER PARTS OF 95
THROUGH FALL RIVER UP TOWARD
SOMERSET, NEW BEDFORD.
IN BUZZARD BAY, THEY'RE DEALING
WITH HEAVY RAIN.
AS WE LOOK FURTHER TOWARD THE
WEST, THERE'S HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT
TIMES RIGHT NOW THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO GO TO THE TITLE GAUGES
AND SHOW YOU THE INFORMATION
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE
YESTERDAY.
LOOK AT NEWPORT HARBOR.
WE HIT A TIDE AT 8.3 FEET.
THAT PUT US TWO FEET ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE.
THE FORECAST HAS US UP TO 6.3 BY
ABOUT 8:00.
THAT COULD KEEP US JUST BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
WE MAY SEE FLOODING AGAIN OR
CLOSE TO IT.
ACTUALLY, 6.5 FEET.
WE HIT 8.3 YESTERDAY.
WE SAW SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
THE FORECAST HAS US JUST BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
AT FOX POINT, MAYBE SOME MINOR
FLOODING.
9.5 FEET, THAT PUT US AT THE
RECORDED.
THIS MORNING, IT SHOULD CLIMB
JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
FLOOD STAGE IS AROUND SEVEN
FEET.
IT'S THIS MORNING'S HIGH TIDE
THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A
LITTLE BIT OF SLASH OVER,
PROBABLY LESS THAN WE SAW DURING
YESTERDAY MORNING'S HIGH TODAY.
86-MILE-PER-HOUR, AND YOU CAN
SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE
FOCUSED ALONG THE COASTLINE.
THE POWER OUTAGES WERE IN THOSE
AREAS AND ALONG THE BAY.
WE HAVE A PEAK GUST AT ABOUT 49.
RIGHT NOW, WIND SPEEDS ARE
15-MILE-PER-HOUR.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE OCCASIONAL
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 OR
45-MILE-PER-HOUR.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE STRONGER
WIND GUST.
WE'RE UNDER A WIND ADVISORY.
WE'RE TALKING WINDS OF 10 TO
20-MILE-PER-HOUR GUSTING UP TO
40 OR 45-MILE-PER-HOUR FROM THE
SOUTHEAST.
SO, SHOWERS BLUSTERY, ABOUT 60
TO 65.
ONE THING WE CAN TELL YOU, IF
YOU HAVE FOLKS WITHOUT POWER,
IT'S GOING TO BE MILD.
THAT'S A GOOD THING.
SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON.
BLUSTERY, ABOUT 66.
COVENTRY, ABOUT 69.
YOUR HIGHS, IN THE UPPER 60s.
WE SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO UPPER
60s, SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL
WITH OFF AND ON SHOWERS.
TIMES.
THERE MAY BE A SHOWER IN THE
MORNING, BUT I'M LEANING TOWARD
A DRYER TRICK OR TREATING WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50s.
MILDER THAN LAST YEAR, ABOUT 59.
EVENING.
HERE'S YOUR FUTURE CAST.
THERE'S LINGERING SHOWERS TODAY
AND TOMORROW MORNING.