Parts of New York, Vermont, Maine, NH under flood watch

As of Tuesday morning, about 2.44 inches of rain in September had been recorded at the official National Weather Service monitoring station in Rutland, but most of that fell in the span of four days during the second week of September.

Updates from the National Weather Service brought warnings of imminent flooding Thursday morning. Flooding and power outages are possible.

Saturday Night: Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. “These anticipated showers are the result of a front moving though our area and not related to Tropical Storm Joaquin“.

The National Weather Service has posted flood watches for many parts of Maine.

The Morris County Office of Emergency Management will monitor for flooding problems and work with Morris County Park Police to have high-water vehicles available in support of the OEM assets, if necessary.

Forecasters are also watching Tropical Storm Joaquin which is expected to travel up the east coast.

“People should not let their guard down due to a shifting track of the hurricane as the risk to lives and property in this complex situation remains high”, said Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist.

Between 2 and 4 inches of rain is expected in the central part of the state through Sunday.

Although the city sounded the alarm on Wednesday, September 30 in preparation for Hurricane Joaquin, the National Hurricane Center has since then changed its prediction based on current weather models, and now predicts the storm will stay off the East Coast as it heads northward in the next few days.

“Hurricane Joaquin is forecast to come very close to the Mid-Atlantic coast, and possibly move inland, said the Capital Weather Gang”. Rain will taper to showers by Wednesday afternoon.

The National Weather Service is still forecasting between 7-10 inches of rain for the region, including the totals from today’s soakings combined with rain through Joaquin’s arrival and exit.

Breezy conditions with occasional wind gusts between 20 and 40mph are possible from Friday through the weekend. Breezy, with a northeast wind 17 to 21 miles per hour. Minor tidal flooding is possible around the high tides beginning mid-day Thursday, becoming moderate to major from Friday into Saturday.

“Joaquin is not going to impact [Hoboken] as of now”, predicted Blumberg, the director of the Davidson Laboratory at Stevens, which studies environmental and ocean engineering.