Severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect in the Boston area, across Massachusetts and in parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island as an intense squall line arrived in New England Sunday night, at one point prompting a tornado warning in Connecticut.
There was also a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for portions of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Torrential rain and thunder could hit the area with powerful wind gusts that may cause isolated power outages.
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The storm was drenching the New England Patriots' home game against the Baltimore Ravens.
The watch, which can precede a severe thunderstorm warning in affected areas, is in effect from 7:30 p.m. Sunday through 2 a.m. Monday. The advisory says wind gusts could be up to 70 mph and there could be dangerous lightning in the affected areas.
There are 13 counties in Massachusetts affected by the watch, including Worcester, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire.
In Connecticut, the watch included these three counties: Hartford, Tolland and Windham.
Five counties in Rhode Island are affected: Bristol, Kent, Providence, Newport and Washington.
There was no immediate information about whether a tornado had touched down Sunday evening in Fairfield County, Connecticut. It can take a day or more to confirm.
Sunday: Increasing clouds pm. Evening rain and gusty winds. Highs in the mid 50s.
A severe thunderstorm watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. The National Weather Service advises people in these areas to be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions.
Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes, the NWS says.
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The same high-pressure system that produced a frosty start Sunday morning was pushing off shore and the wind coming around more from the south is warmer air coming in our direction. But there’s a bit of a battle in the atmosphere, as the warm air runs into the cold, it's producing a mixture of rain with sleet and snow mixed in the hills north.
We should all be warm enough for rain tonight, with the possible exception of northern Maine.
Though the storm is tracking to our north with the heaviest widespread rain and snow in Canada, there’s going to be an intense squall line crossing New England tonight. So as it gets dark outside, the clouds really stick around as the wind ramps up.
The timing shows the worst between 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. from western to eastern New England.
In the squall tonight, we may have wind gusts past 55 mph and possible thunder, creating some spotty power outages.
Meteorologist Pete Bouchard says damage is possible.
There is a wind advisory from the coast of Maine all the way through southeastern Massachusetts and back into higher terrain of Worcester County.
Meteorologist Matt Noyes says you should secure lightweight objects and be ready for some clusters of outages with the big wind set to sweep through the region.
The Patriots game -- with kick off at 8:20 p.m. at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts -- will be affected by some downpours in the later quarters, Bouchard says.
The temperature will jump into the 50s tonight, before falling dramatically early Monday morning.
Monday should have a good amount of sunshine, with the exception of the mountains where snow showers may continue. High temperature will be in the morning around 50 degrees tending to fall, with wind from the northwest gusting past 25 mph.
Sunday night’s storm will intensify over eastern Canada, and push another cold front down into New England on Tuesday with the possibility of a few more snow showers or even a squall.
Temperatures on Tuesday should be in the 40s, but much colder in the higher elevations where a coating of snow as possible. A few snow showers may even make it to the coast Tuesday night as the coldest day of the season arrives for Wednesday.
It may be as cold as we saw during that storm just before Halloween. But this time the sun should come out on Wednesday, with temperatures only in the 30s, and wind chill factors below freezing.
A hard freeze is likely again Wednesday night, before a warm front brings in the chance for a few mixed rain or snow showers later Thursday. There’s a chance for more action again next weekend, but temperatures should be on the rebound, as seen in our First Alert 10-day forecast.
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