Weather MA Weather: Nor'easter Start, Stop Time; Increased Totals Here are the latest details for what looks to be a formidable non-snow nor'easter. Reply Saturday will be end-to-end rain as the nor'easter dumps what forecasters are now saying is up to 3 inches of rain and brings up to 65 miles per hour wind gusts in parts of Massachusetts. The National Weather Service released start/stop times for the precipitation, expected to be primarily rain for the vast majority of Massachusetts. Some higher terrain in Western Mass. could see snow. The rain will be falling when most of us wake up. The NWS said it'll start around 4 a.m. It will probably end while you're sleeping, too, anywhere between 12-6 a.m. Sunday. The World Series has moved to Los Angeles for Games 3, 4, and, if necessary, 5, which run Friday-Sunday, so the Red Sox aren't in danger of getting rained out. The coastal winds are going to be intense, whipping around at up to 65 mph. Anyone in Central and Eastern Mass. can expect wind gusts of at least 35-40 mph. There's a high wind warning on Cape Ann and Cape Cod, with more weather watches and warnings likely to follow in advance of the storm. Power outages are possible. Subscribe to your local Patch to get the latest storm updates and other nearby news.<doc-sep>BOSTON (CBS) – Consider it an appetizer for winter. A little nor’easter refresher course before the big tests over the next several months. A windy and wet coastal storm, yup a nor’easter, is headed our way for Saturday. While this storm won’t be nearly as impactful as some of our most recent nor’easters (see last spring), there are a few potential hazards to be aware of. TIMELINE The precipitation will race in quickly late Friday night, arriving first along the South Coast just after midnight. The shield of rain will completely envelope southern New England by dawn and race up into Central and Northern New England during Saturday morning and afternoon. Heaviest rain will fall between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. with still several hours of lighter precipitation on either side. The rain tapers to showers by Saturday evening and continues (scattered) overnight. By Sunday morning, we will see a steady drying trend and some sunshine emerging in spots. RAINFALL, INLAND FLOODING Expecting between 1-2 inches of rainfall on average in southern New England.’ This will likely cause some brief, localized, urban/poor drainage flooding and street flooding during the late morning and early afternoon timeframe. SNOWFALL While there is a chance of some brief, wet snow mixing in Saturday morning, the majority of the snow and accumulation will be confined to elevated areas of New England. Best chance of a few inches in Massachusetts would be in the Berkshires. There is a higher risk of a light snow accumulation in the Green and White Mountains with perhaps as much as 6” in some of the highest peaks. WIND Winds will be gusty all day on Saturday, strongest in elevated areas and along the Coastline. Inland, low elevation: 20-40 mph gusts Inland, elevated areas: 30-50 mph gusts Coastal plain and most of Southeastern MA: 30-50mph gusts Cape Ann, extreme coastal Essex County, Cape Cod and the Islands: 40-60mph gusts Some pockets of wind damage will occur, exacerbated by the foliage still being on most of the trees. COASTAL FLOODING Tides will be running astronomically high this weekend coming off a full moon. Highest risk of coastal flooding will be during Saturday afternoon’s high tide cycle (1:40 p.m. in Boston). Flooding will largely be minor with just scattered pockets of splash over and beach erosion. Seas will build to 10-15 feet just offshore. As always, please stay tuned to WBZ-TV and CBSBoston.com for updates leading up to and during the storm on Saturday. Follow Terry on Twitter @TerryWBZ<doc-sep>Weather MA Weather: Details On Approaching Nor'easter We are likely to get hammered, but forecasters are anticipating we avoid the first major snow of the year. Here are the details. Reply A nor'easter will indeed hit New England this weekend, but forecasters are saying to expect primarily rain, not snow. Lots and lots of rain. One to 2 inches of rain is expected to fall over the weekend, accompanied by wind gusts of between 40-60 miles per hour. The storm is expected begin Saturday morning and last into Sunday morning. Though the storm isn't "likely match the impact of the late-October storm from 2011, it will still pack a punch," according to AccuWeather. That pre-Halloween storm saw a lot of heavy, wet snow. That isn't expected to be the case this time around, but this year's storm could still produce a ton of power outages due to the wind. It's going to be in part energized by what was Category 5 Hurricane Wilma. The temperatures in the eastern part of the state are expected to be in the high 40s and low 50s, so we'll dodge the first snow of the year. Good thing, too, because that area is expected to get the worst of the wind and rain. There still could be some snow - especially in higher terrains in Western Massachusetts.<doc-sep>At a Glance Conditions become more favorable for coastal storms along the East Coast in the fall. Recent examples of late-October coastal storms include a powerful Northeast storm just last year, a nor'easter in 2014 and "Snowtober" in 2011. Not all coastal storms are considered nor'easters, which feature northeasterly winds off the Atlantic Ocean. A nor'easter is forecast to slide up the East Coast during October's final weekend, and while that may seem early for a coastal storm, these storms are typically most common from fall through early spring. Recent examples of late-October coastal storms include a powerful Northeast storm just last year, a nor'easter in 2014 and "Snowtober" in 2011. Not all coastal storms are considered nor'easters, which feature northeasterly winds off the Atlantic Ocean. Last October's Northeast storm was one example of a coastal storm that wasn't technically a nor'easter. (MORE: What Is a Nor'easter?) Oct. 29-30, 2017 A powerful Northeast storm rapidly intensified Oct. 29-30, 2017, producing damaging winds that downed trees and triggered more than 1 million power outages, as well as flooding rainfall from New England to New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Winds in parts of New England, mainly near the coast and in mountain locations, gusted over 70 mph, including a gust to 93 mph at Mashpee, Massachusetts, 115 mph atop Mount Mansfield, Vermont, and 131 mph at the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire. By Oct. 30, over 1 million customers were without power in the Northeast, according to poweroutage.us. Power outages in Central Maine Power's area of responsibility were more than double those from the destructive 1998 New England ice storm, previously the highest number of outages in the utility's 119-year history. The Portland Press Herald reported 186 power poles were broken in central Maine during the storm. There were 345 reports of wind damage during the event, primarily in New England, but also in New York's Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, northeastern Pennsylvania, the mid-Atlantic states and near the lakeshore of Lake Ontario. Reports of wind damage (blue dots) from the Oct. 29-30, 2017, Northeast storm. There were 345 total wind damage reports received by local National Weather Service offices during the event. (NOAA/NWS) Heavy rain triggered both flash flooding and river flooding, particularly in New England. More than 4 inches of rain triggered flooding in the Mount Washington Valley of northern New Hampshire. Flooding washed out a section of U.S. Highway 2 near the New Hampshire/Maine border. Water from the swollen Androscoggin River overtopped the nearby Shelburne Dam, raising fears the dam would fail, WMTW-TV reported. This Eastern storm underwent bombogenesis from a weak area of low pressure in the Carolina Piedmont to a strong low in the Saint Lawrence Valley. Its central pressure dropped 29 millibars in just 21 hours, from 8 a.m. EDT Oct. 29 to 5 a.m. EDT Oct. 30. Bombogenesis is a rapid deepening of pressures in a storm, which rapidly increases winds near the center of the storm. Scientifically, bombogenesis is defined as a drop of 24 millibars in 24 hours. In fact, the central pressure set an October record in Albany, New York, illustrative of the unusually strong nature of this inland storm for the time of year. This storm system received an injection of moisture and energy from ex-Tropical Storm Philippe as well. Oct. 21-23, 2014 A strong nor'easter tracked up the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to New England Oct. 21-23, 2014, bringing coastal flooding, heavy rain and enough wind to take down trees and knock out power to thousands. Trees were downed in Boston and surrounding areas as winds gusted as high as 60 mph. Coupled with wet soil and trees that were still mostly in full leaf, the gusts were strong enough to snap large branches and drop them onto the roads, or cars, below. Local power companies reported about 11,000 customers without power in Massachusetts at the height of the storm – the most outages for any single state affected by this storm. Up to 5 inches of rain fell in some areas as well. In the Boston area, water rescues were required as drivers attempted to navigate flooded roadways, according to local reports. The New Jersey coast also felt the impacts of the nor'easter. Some people had to be rescued from their cars after roadways became flooded. At least one waterspout was spotted as well. Hail as large as three-quarters of an inch fell in Brick Township, New Jersey, according to local National Weather Service reports. A woman was killed by a falling tree in Baltimore after rain combined with breezy conditions. On New York's Long Island, more than 10,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm, NBC New York reported. (RECAP: Nor'easter Pounds New England: Thousands Without Power, Schools Closed in Massachusetts) 'Snowtober': Oct. 29-30, 2011 This rare, major October snowstorm dumped more than a foot of snow from northeastern Pennsylvania to southern Maine Oct. 29-30, 2011. Incredibly, parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire saw more than 30 inches. Trees were damaged and power lines were downed by the heavy, wet snow, causing more than 3 million to lose power. In some of the hardest-hit areas, power was out for more than a week. Playing a role in the tree damage caused by "Snowtober" was the fact that many trees still had their leaves. Satellite image from Oct. 30, 2011, showing the swath of snow produced by "Snowtober" from West Virginia to southern New England. A storm event review by NOAA said that 39 direct and indirect deaths were blamed on the storm. The name "Snowtober" was widely used to refer to the storm by those following it on social media and elsewhere. (MORE: October Snowstorms Have Destructive Reputation) PHOTOS: Northeast Storm October 2017<doc-sep>
Weather MA Weather: Weekend Nor'easter Possible It doesn't necessarily mean the first snow, but there's one variable that could swing things. Reply What's scarier in the days leading to Halloween than a potential nor'easter? Early forecasts are already tossing the word around for a storm that could make its way up the East Coast this weekend. This weekend's possible nor'easter doesn't necessarily mean the first snowstorm of the year. While there could be high-terrain snow in Western Massachusetts and northern New England, Central and Eastern Massachusetts would likely see a miserably cold, windy stretch of rain. The National Weather Service said one variable to keep an eye on would be low temperatures. Friday could see the coldest air of the season, the NWS said, and, "If this air hangs around into the weekend, it'll be interesting as to possible outcomes [with] a potential Nor'Easter on tap." The forecast is still early, and Weather.com says its possible the storm's impact is minimized if it stays offshore. If it does hit, it could ruin outdoor and travel plans during the last weekend of October. "A period of heavy rain is most likely along the coast," AccuWeather Meteorologist Evan Duffey said. "Coastal areas may have to contend with beach erosion and flooding at time of high tide. Wet snow is possible over the higher terrain across the interior. Impacts from gusty winds from the strengthening storm could be a factor throughout the region." There is also the potential for significant snow to impact the northern part of the region midweek, according to AccuWeather. That's likely to not impact Massachusetts - or Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday night at Fenway Park, where it could be in the low 40s.