WHOA NELLIE!!!!!

Photo taken in Beverly Monday morning at high tide. Minor to moderate coastal flooding affected much of the Massachusetts coast from the very strong Nor'easter.

Satellite view of yesterday's storm. Impacts were felt from Canada all the way to Hispanola. Can you say "WHOA NELLIE?!?!?"

Been a busy couple days in the weather department...as well as the pumping out my basement department. Yep, we could hold some boat races down there. Luckily most of the belongings are up on wooden crates after last May's deluge that resulted in major flooding throughout all of New England.

This whopper of a storm has brought upwards of 5 inches of rain to the area (and counting), wind gusts in excess of 60 MPH, and flooding - lots of flooding. We have experienced coastal flooding (Beverly and Salisbury just to name a couple), river flooding, urban flooding, and my favorite one of all, Basement flooding!

This one definitely deserves a "Whoa Nellie!"

Unfortunately, our unwelcomed guest is going to stick around for another day or two before finally meandering away. In fact, ANOTHER area of low pressure is expected to develop to the SE of the initial monster of a storm, and pinwheel BACK towards New England tomorrow. Expect more rain (although not as heavy), some wet snow, and watch for the winds to pick up again tomorrow. Gusts should be 25-35 MPH, not nearly as bad as the 60MPH gusts we saw Sunday night and early Monday. However, with the ground super saturated right now, trees may be uprooted easily - so more power outages are a possibility.

The entire state of Massachusetts is currently under various flood warnings. The Merrimack is expected to flood, as well as other rivers in the Lowell area. More coastal flooding is possible at the next high tide.

We'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, the boat races are on at my place...any bets?