Currently in Boston — July 10, 2023: Showers for later Monday

The weather, currently.

Heavy downpours and thunderstorms were evident over Eastern New York and Western New England Sunday and this area will slowly move east for the start of the work week. Clouds will be thicker and humidity will be high on Monday. Showers and storms are likely in the afternoon and some of these could contain torrential downpours creating street flooding. This will continue Monday evening before coming to an end Tuesday. If the system moves slower than Tuesday morning will be wet but Wednesday and Thursday are looking like great days with sunshine and inland temperatures near 90° cooler at the coastline. More unsettled weather is likely to start next weekend.

— Dave Epstein

What you can do, currently.

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What you need to know, currently.

A multi-day torrential rainstorm will focus tropical moisture along a narrow band of New England with possibly catastrophic results this week.

The National Weather Service is comparing this week’s rains to that of 2011’s Hurricane Irene, which produced billions of dollars of damage in New York and Vermont.

Widespread heavy rain of 3-5 inches per day for at least two days, and as much as 12 inches of rain per day, will quickly overwhelm smaller streams and lead to destructive flooding. The extend of the flooding should stretch from New York City northward into the Hudson Valley and include most of the state of Vermont, western New Hampshire, western Massachusetts, and western Connecticut. If you are in the affected areas, or have friends who are, it might be a good idea to give them a call or text just to give them a heads up.

—Eric Holthaus