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From the National Weather Service, at 12:15 p.m.:

AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE TO OVER 2 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF RHODE ISLAND THROUGH 11 AM THIS MORNING. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE...HEAVILY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO AN END SOMETIME EARLY ON SUNDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOOK TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

THESE RAIN AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS URBAN CENTERS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ROADWAYS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. A SECONDARY CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF PERHAPS SOME MINOR RIVER FLOODING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOOD

The current temperature is 64 degrees.

But cast back to a year ago today, when a record high for the date was set, with a temperature of 89 degrees.

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