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Cold Front Clears the East as Gusty Winds, Cooldown and Advisories Follow

High pressure now builds in, bringing cooler air, lingering breezes, localized coastal impacts and a frost risk in parts of Wisconsin.

Overview

  • Overnight to morning showers with embedded thunder swept from the Midwest into New England, then tapered by midday for many areas with pockets of wraparound rain lingering.
  • The Storm Prediction Center maintained a marginal severe risk for isolated damaging gusts, with some locations reporting wind over 40 mph during the passage.
  • Rainfall was generally modest, commonly around 0.1 to 0.3 inches with isolated higher pockets, offering limited drought relief.
  • Marine and coastal impacts include a coastal flood advisory for extreme southern Rhode Island and parts of MassachusettsSouth Coast, plus a small craft advisory with 5–8 ft Atlantic waves and 2–4 ft Chesapeake waves.
  • Cooler conditions settle in through midweek with highs in the 50s to low 60s, and a National Weather Service frost advisory is posted for northeast Wisconsin early Tuesday.