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Your RI Weather Today (Henri info) – August 20, 2021 – John Donnelly

by John Donnelly, meteorologist

Some leftover ‘troughiness’ will keep us in the clouds after some early coastal fog. There may be a chance for some light passing showers mainly in the afternoon, but a drop or two may be felt from mid morning on. Morning lows in the low 70’s followed by highs in the mid 80’s with a light westerly breeze.

We are on the lookout for Tropical Storm Henri currently feeding off of the 85-90 degree water over the Bermuda Triangle, moving slowly to the west-northwest, about 800 miles due south of Block Island Current max winds are 65 mph.

Most likely impact over southern New England Sunday morning and through Rhode Island by Sunday evening. Henri will weaken once past the warm Gulf Stream waters and into the cooler waters from Long Island Sound to the Gulf of Maine, yet still