Latest Rhode Island Weather Forecast: More Downpours Monday

CRANSTON, RI—The National Weather Service's Taunton, Mass., office has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Rhode Island for Monday into Tuesday. The forecast calls for heavy rain and more localized flooding, similar to what happened Friday afternoon and evening. Here is the forecast.

"There is the threat of heavy rain which could lead to localized flooding, especially in urban and poor-drainage areas. In addition, the Storm Prediction Center has the region outlook for a SLIGHT to ENHANCED risk of severe weather, calling for scattered to numerous severe storms possible, respectively. Such a threat does exist for large hail and damaging winds, however we feel such a threat for Southern New England is mainly confined to north and west areas of MA and CT."

If so, Rhode Island should escape the brunt of it. But the forecasters are not calling for a sunny day until Thursday.

Today
A chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 67. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11pm. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog between 7am and 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Areas of fog before 9pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10am, then a chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night
A chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.