crews have been working around the clock to stem the flooding in the worst hit areas, as creeks and rivers just completely overflow. let s get a check on the latest conditions from the weather channel s kim perez live for us in atlanta. kim, when is it going to be over? it s been coming down nonstop for a day and you re saying, we got a few more in us? yeah. you know, it may not be as heavy over the next couple days but it is going to be with us as long as we have that upper level system spinning back here in the ohio valley, until we get rid of that and it s not going to be until maybe tuesday, we re still going to have the chance of rain. but, you know, trying to think of one positive thing out of this storm, at least this wasn t an all snow event. no kidding. right. unfortunately, though, it has caused a lot of flooding because of the snow melt, because of all the rain on top of this, and the winds. they continue to howl. really i think in boston northward will be the strong
normal today. airports in washington, d.c., as well as philadelphia and new york, are all experiencing delays on saturday with wind gusts reaching hurricane strength at some times. new york s jfk airport recorded a 74-mile-per-hour wind gust. how long will the stormy weather stick around? let s bring in weather channel s kim perez. kim, it doesn t look like any time soon it s going to be ending. we re going to continue to see this storm impact us in the east over the next couple days. it s not over. the one thing we re going to see, the winds calming down for folks in new york, for philadelphia over the next 12 hours. there s the area of low pressure. north of it we re still getting the very strong winds, especially around the boston area, plus that onshore flow continues. 3 to 5 inches of rain expected around boston today. so in boston, you can expect flooding, maybe power outages, and those winds continue to gust maybe over 50 miles per hour, stronger out here at the cape and som
when will this stormy weather move out of our area? let s bring in the weather channel s kim perez. kim? we re going to continue to see this storm impact us here in the east over the next couple days. it s not over. the one thing we re going to see, though, the winds calming down for folks in new york, for philadelphia, over the next 12 hours. there s the area of low pressure. north of it we re still getting the very strong winds, especially around the boston area. plus that onshore flow continues. 3 to 5 inches of rain expected around boston today. so in boston, you can expect flooding, maybe power outages, and those winds continue to gust maybe over 50 miles per hour, stronger out here at the cape, and some of the islands. please be careful. travel headaches. you re going to expect them all day long. major delays once again expected. philadelphia, maybe a few thunderstorms coming in off and on through the day today, but again the big story for you is the winds will calm down as thi
was yesterday, and the boston parade, the st. patrick s day para parade, is still on. we re seeing those winds gusting over 40 miles per hour and we re still seeing some very heavy rain. we ve already seen well over a half inch of rainfall. we could see 3 to 5 inches of rain in boston. be prepared. power outages, downed trees, and flooding too. few showers, maybe a few thunderstorms out here south of new york city as we speak, but again, thinking the heaviest is over with in new york city. watch the time line of this. it s going to be with us next 24 hours. this low is sitting off the coast. we continue with that beach reocean, that onshore fetch, the heavy rain, the snow. you get about 1,000 feet in elevation, that s where you re going to see the snow in the new england area. pittsburgh, washington, d.c., still a few showers around for you the next couple days. again, the upper level system lagging behind. there s the very heavy rain we re expecting in boston. so back to you, lynn. a
that s absolutely the feeling. seems like we just got over the blizzard of 2010 and now we re dealing with this. thank you so much. let s get a check on the latest conditions from the weather channel s kim perez live for us in atlanta. kim, it seems like there isn t any relief in sight. it s not just the rain yesterday or today that s causing the problems. this could last a few days? yeah. we re not looking, lynn, probably untim like wednesday for things to calm down in the northeast because this system is a very slow-moving system. we have all kinds of weather going on here. if you look at our satellite radar combination, how big this system is, impacting the south, the northeast as well, continuing over the next 48 hours here with wind, with heavy rain. we re seeing especially north of the front we have those easterly winds continuing to cause beach erosion, power outages, very strong winds continue here in boston. we could see winds gusting over 50 miles per hour. we ve alread