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October 20, 2006

Forecast: Rain today, windy tonight, cool sunny weekend

PROVIDENCE – Strong to potentially damaging west winds may move through the area later today and through the evening.

The National Weather Service predicts the winds may develop just behind a strong cold front that should move quickly through the Connecticut Valley this afternoon and over to the Cape and Islands by early this evening.

Once the cold front passes, west winds are expected to increase to 25 to 30 miles per hour, with gusts up to 50 miles per hour possible. Such strong winds are capable of knocking down trees and power lines and damaging property, the weather service cautions.

If the weather service upgrades its current high wind watch to a high wind warming, the service advises people to stay indoors and away from windows.

Meanwhile, this morning’s drizzly, gloomy weather has only gotten worse in the past few hours. The rain should continue throughout the day, with perhaps some thunder in the mix as well.

We should see a high of about 65 today.

As for the weekend, it’s still predicted to be a dry one, with sunshine and a high of 59 on Saturday and some clouds and a high of 58 on Sunday.

Rain showers could return as we head back to work on Monday morning.

-- Kate Bramson, projo.com staff writer

Posted by Sheila Lennon  at 11:09 AM | Permalink

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