Very Heavy Rain Coming Friday
BOSTON (CBS) - We are in for our first soaker of the year on Friday.
Very heavy rain, now centered in the Midwest has a bead on New England and by this time tomorrow it will be absolutely pouring.
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TIMELINE
Precipitation begins in the wee hours of Friday morning as rain in most places but as a light mix of rain and snow north and west of Boston.
It will quickly change to all rain in all of southern New England and become steady and heavy by mid to late morning.
The heaviest rain will fall between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. with the possibility of some embedded thunderstorms.
Rain will taper around the evening commute on Friday and at the tail end, after 7 p.m., may change to a brief period of snow before completely shutting off.
AMOUNTS
Rainfall amounts will range from 1-to-2 inches just about everywhere.
This will not be enough to cause any major river flooding but will certainly create some localized poor drainage/street flooding.
Temperatures near 50 combined with the downpours will lead to rapid snow melting and puddles looking more like small lakes!
Watch Melissa Mack's forecast
ACCUMULATION
As for snow accumulation, it will be confined to central and northern New England with this event.
Snow will fall at the beginning and end of the storm in parts on northern Worcester County and southern New Hampshire.
There is a chance for a few inches in those locations late Friday evening. Otherwise you would have to travel north of the Concord-to-Keene line to see any significant snowfall.
Many of the Vermont and New Hampshire ski resorts will see 6-to-12 inches of fresh snow.
WHAT'S NEXT
This is just the first storm in a parade over the next few days.
On Sunday, a minor disturbance will move through and it will likely be just cold enough for some snow, but there will be only minor accumulations with that storm.
On Monday of next week, another warm and very wet storm is likely. There could be another inch or more of rain, which would raise flooding concerns once again.
