Heavy rain on Sunday — ACCUWEATHER ALERT

A front will march in from the west, that will help to kick off the start of the rain. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s around the area.

Heavy rains and gusty winds will lash both the Mid-Atlantic and New England, but New England is most likely to be hit hardest.

Passersby walk along the Promenade in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood as rain and clouds loom over lower Manhattan on the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, in NY.

European model rain simulation with storm early Sunday to Monday.

The zone likely to be most severely affected spans from eastern NY to ME, where widespread rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches are predicted between Sunday and Monday.

There is the potential for 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts possible. Tens of thousands of customers each in states like Maine, Vermont New Jersey, and NY were also affected, CNN reported. “The threat of flash flooding is highest in Western Massachusetts, but also exists in Eastern MA”.

A CBS report said the heavy rain caused flash floods across the area and closed down some roads including the Bronx River Parkway from White Plains to Yonkers.

“As this storm rolls through NY this afternoon and through the night, state agencies are fully prepared to deploy resources as needed to regions impacted by heavy rain and flood conditions across the state”, Cuomo said in a news release.

There is also the potential for wind gusts to 50 miles per hour across the rest of the state. Early morning highs in the 60s, then falling in the afternoon. The heavy rain will gradually taper off late. Otherwise, it’ll be very windy and chillier with clouds breaking for sunshine. That energy/moisture will interact with a developing storm on the east coast, producing a very powerful storm here in the Northeast tonight. A turn toward the northeast is expected, and a rapid motion toward the northeast is expected Sunday through Monday. Temperatures aren’t expected to crack the 60-degree mark. A weak disturbance could touch off a few showers later in the week, with Thursday the best chance for some scattered showers. How much wind ends up at the surface, where we all live, as opposed to say at 2000 feet above us, is also still a bit of a question.