Flooding and wicked wind expected Friday - WMTW Portland

A almighty tempest hits Maine connected Friday bringing dense rain, precocious winds, and the menace of flooding crossed the state. The 'Grinch' tempest arrives successful New England connected Thursday night. It begins arsenic wet, dense snowfall successful the mountains with 1-3" imaginable earlier changing to rainfall Friday morning. Elsewhere, each rainfall is expected with 1-4" of rainfall imaginable by precocious Friday night. High winds volition person a large interaction connected Maine and the full northeast. Wind gusts of 50-65 mph are imaginable on the seashore and adjacent 45-55 mph gusts inland; wide powerfulness outages are possible. A High Wind Watch has been issued for Friday greeting done precocious Friday night.Storm surges and precocious astronomical tides make the menace of coastal flooding connected Friday, particularly with the greeting precocious tide astatine 10:16 AM. A Coastal Flood Watch has been issued for Friday greeting done the afternoon. Heavy rainfall combined with snowmelt volition pb to rises connected rivers and streams inland arsenic good that could proceed into the weekend, adjacent aft the rainfall has ended.A flash frost is imaginable Friday nighttime into Saturday greeting arsenic temperatures plummet successful the storm's wake. Icy conditions volition make rapidly.Sunshine past returns connected Saturday but it volition beryllium acold and rather blustery with upwind chills successful the azygous digits. Flooding of rivers and streams whitethorn inactive beryllium ongoing during the weekend. Highs are successful the precocious 20s some Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with plentifulness of sunshine.