Henri Has Made Landfall In The Northeast – August 23, 2021

National Weather Forecast

The main story Monday will be what is left of Henri hanging around the Northeast, bringing more heavy rain to the region.

The heaviest rain from Sunday through Tuesday will be in portions of the Northeast due to Henri, where rainfall amounts of 3-6” (isolated 10” amounts) will be possible leading to flooding.

Henri made landfall along the Rhode Island coast near Westerly at approximately 12:15 PM ET Sunday afternoon with sustained winds of 60 mph after passing over Block Island, Rhode Island, around 11 AM ET. Above are satellite and radar loops (courtesy of Praedictix and AerisWeather) from the late morning and early afternoon timeframes showing the landfall of Henri.

Henri will continue to move inland and weaken into the early part of the work week, becoming post-tropical on Monday and impacting portions of Nova Scotia as a remnant low Tuesday.

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