Just returned from a quick postprandial walk around the block. The rain has let up enough to make it feasible, and the torrents of rainwater have retreated to the gutters. We’ve been relatively lucky: I think we’ve had just under seven inches of rain here. (Logan had 6.68″ by 3pm.) North of us, things are much worse: according to the NWS, Andover has had 10.5″, and there’s street and stream flooding all over the North Shore. The various graphs on the AHPS (Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service) pages show that the Merrimack valley is in for some major flooding. (At Lowell, flood stage is at 52 feet; right now the river is up to 54.25 feet, and they expect it to crest at 60 feet by tomorow afternoon.)
And there’s more rain to come over the next few days….