MA Weather: Heavy Rainfall To Accompany Drastic Warm-Up This Week

Forecasters are expecting it get back into the 40s and 50s to help thaw out this deep freeze, though the warm-up will come with heavy rainfall. The National Weather Service is warning of 2 to 3 inches of rain Wednesday night into Thursday, just days after a storm dumped several inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain across the region.

The ice will be relenting by the time the rains fall, but at the strong risk of floods. Wednesday will see high temperatures in the mid-40s, and Thursday will see highs in the mid-50s. All the ice we are buried under will be melting, and the rainstorm will exacerbate the issue. Where the snow and ice doesn't yet melt, drainage blocking could be a problem.

This comes 72 hours after some all-time wind chills knocked the real-feel temperature down to around negative-15. Worcester tied its all-time low temperature of negative-6 degrees Monday.

The NWS is expecting the worst of the rain to hit Southeastern Mass., with 2-3 inches expected there. The rest of the start can expect up to 2 inches, though parts of the Merrimack Valley, North Shore and Cape & Islands could see less.

The rain will start late Wednesday night and persist into Thursday. Patch will have more details on the updated forecasts when they become available.

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