Nor'easter To Bring The Hudson Valley Heavy Rain, High Winds

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The nor'easter set to strike the Hudson Valley this weekend will pack heavy rain and nasty winds, forecasters say. Flooding, downed trees and branches and sporadic power outages are a possibility.

Showers are expected to start Friday night as a low-pressure system moves toward the Northeast after drenching the Deep South mid-week. (Sign up for Patch news alerts to get weather updates straight to your inbox.)

"Enough rain can fall over a several-hour period to create miserable conditions for those spending any time outdoors and cause flooding in urban and poor drainage areas," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski wrote.

In addition, he said, winds along the coast including Long Island Sound could reach 40-60 mph. Because many trees still have leaves on them, and the ground is soggy from excessive rainfall in recent months, downed limbs and trees are a possibility in the lower Hudson Valley — and so are power outages.

The system is expected to leave the area Sunday, but moisture could return early next week thanks to another low-pressure system. That could also bring heavy rain.

"If this were the middle of winter, we’d likely be talking about 1… if not 2 significant snow events in the next 7 days. However, it is only late October… and we’re just not there yet," said Alex Marra and Bill Potter of Hudson Valley Weather.

Map via AccuWeather.com

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