Downpours, damaging winds possible during morning commute in parts of Massachusetts
GOOD MONDAY TO YOU. I’M METEOROLOGIST A.J. BURNETT TRACKING THAT HEAVY RAIN THAT’S CROSSING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RIGHT today. THERE WILL BE SOME PATCHES WHERE YOU GET SOME FLOODING, OR AT LEAST SOME LARGE PUDDLES ON ROADWAYS. SOME OF THE HIGHWAYS, YOU KNOW THE DRILL. THE UNDERPASSES ON ROUTE NINE, A STRETCH OF 128, ALWAYS TENDS TO GET THAT COLLECTION OF WATER IN SOME SPOTS. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. WILL BE DEALING WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH ABOUT THE LUNCH HOUR IN BOSTON. BUT AS I ADVANCE FUTURECAST FOR YOU HERE, WE’RE GOING TO BE GETTING RID OF THIS AS WE STEP ON INTO THE AFTERNOON. CALL IT ABOUT 2:00, AND MOST OF THIS SHOULD BE OUT OF OUR HAIR. MATTER OF FACT, THE SKIES MAY TRY TO BRIGHTEN A LITTLE BIT JUST IN TIME FOR SUNSET, ESPECIALLY OFF TO THE WEST LATER ON TODAY WITH THE STRONGER RAINS, THE STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. WE COULD HAVE WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50MPH, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF BOSTON. AS WE STEP ON THROUGH THE MIDDAY TIME FRAME OVER TO THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS, AND THEN THE WINDS, WELL, THEY WON’T BE AS FEROCIOUS, BUT THEY’LL STILL BE GUSTY AS WE STEP INTO THE EVENING. IT’S BEEN MILD. WE WERE ACTUALLY ABOUT 60 DEGREES AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING. WE’LL CLIMB A COUPLE MORE AND BE IN THE MID 60S. ALMOST A BIT OF HUMIDITY IF YOU CAN FEEL IT AGAINST THE RAINDROPS. IT’S JUST DAMP OUT THERE TO SAY THE LEAST. WE movie FOR THOSE POWERFUL WINDS AS WELL. JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. THE UMBRELLA MAY NOT BE THE BEST THING TO DO TODAY. IT MIGHT BE JUST THE RAINCOAT AND KIND OF GO OUT AND BRAVE IT. ALL RIGHT, ONCE THIS GETS OUT OF HERE, WE GET A BREAK FOR TOMORROW. SOME SUNSHINE. NICE DAY COMING UP FOR TOMORROW, ALBEIT A LITTLE BIT ON THE BREEZY SIDE, BUT A GOOD offer OF SUNSHINE BY WEDNESDAY THOUGH AT LEAST REALLY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER BOUT OF SOME RAINFALL COMING THROUGH THIS BOUT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE QUITE AS HEAVY AS WHAT WE’VE GOT OUT THERE THIS MORNING IN SOME SPOTS, BUT NONETHELESS, A WET DRIVE INTO WORK FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY. HERE’S THE FUTURECAST AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH 4:00 430 IN THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY, RIGHT AS THE EYE COMES ON THE AIR. THAT’S WHEN WE’LL BE TRACKING THE RAINFALL COMING THROUGH. THIS WILL BE MORE TRUE TO GET IT DURING THE MORNING, DRIVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WHERE AS BOSTON, YOU MADE IT THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING DRIVE WITHOUT ANY RAINFALL. THIS WILL BE COMING THROUGH DURING THAT MORNING COMMUTE, SO PLAN ON SOME EXTRA MINUTES ADDED ON TO YOUR COMMUTE TIME. ON WEDNESDAY. WE GET RID OF THAT TOWARD THE AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL TEND TO PARTIALLY CLEAR OUT, AND AFTER THAT, I GOT TO TELL YOU, WE’RE LOOKING A OKAY, A NICE STRETCH OF WEATHER COMING OUR WAY FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AND RIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. OUR TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND WHERE THEY TYPICALLY WOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR. IF NOT, MAYBE JUST A SHADE. COOL. WE’LL CALL IT S
Downpours, damaging winds possible during morning commute in parts of Massachusetts
Updated: 8:58 AM EDT Oct 20, 2025
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A line of downpours will cross the Boston area and all of southern New England on Monday morning, making for a challenging commute. “We will be dealing with the heavy rain through about the lunch hour in Boston,” said StormTeam 5 meteorologist A.J. Burnett. “We are going to be getting rid of this by about 2 p.m., and the skies may try to brighten a bit.”StormTeam 5 tools: Interactive Radar | Futurecast | Map RoomThe downpours may lead to large puddles on secondary roads and some highways. Around an inch of rain is expected in most areas, occurring in a very short amount of time. “With the strong rain, there will be winds gusting to 40 to 50 mph, especially south of Boston and over toward the Cape and the islands,” Burnett said.StormTeam 5 says the rain will move out just after the lunch hour, and partial clearing will take place later in the day.Another round of lighter rain will move in Wednesday.
A line of downpours will cross the Boston area and all of southern New England on Monday morning, making for a challenging commute.
“We will be dealing with the heavy rain through about the lunch hour in Boston,” said StormTeam 5 meteorologist A.J. Burnett. “We are going to be getting rid of this by about 2 p.m., and the skies may try to brighten a bit.”
StormTeam 5 tools: Interactive Radar | Futurecast | Map Room
The downpours may lead to large puddles on secondary roads and some highways. Around an inch of rain is expected in most areas, occurring in a very short amount of time.
“With the strong rain, there will be winds gusting to 40 to 50 mph, especially south of Boston and over toward the Cape and the islands,” Burnett said.
StormTeam 5 says the rain will move out just after the lunch hour, and partial clearing will take place later in the day.
Another round of lighter rain will move in Wednesday.
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