Nestor to sweep along Atlantic Seaboard with heavy rainfall, gusty winds through Sunday

Nestor to sweep along Atlantic Seaboard with heavy rainfall, gusty winds through Sunday

While past its peak intensity, Tropical Rainstorm Nestor will track through the mid-Atlantic with rain, wind and rough seas through Sunday.

Florida bore the brunt of Nestor's high winds, tornadoes and storm surge as the system made landfall on Saturday.

The storm is now swiftly moving northeastward, away from the United States and out to the Atlantic Ocean

"Nestor will brush the southern part of the mid-Atlantic region bringing rain, and even some gusty winds to much of the Mid-Atlantic into Sunday evening," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said.

While the storm is moving at a quick pace, enough rain is forecast to fall to cause localized flooding issues, especially in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

Rain from Nestor was seen spreading into the Northeast late Sunday morning.

Widespread rainfall totals of 1-3 inches are forecast from the Carolinas through the Delmarva Peninsula, and could push as far north and west as the Interstate 95 corridor.

An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 6 inches is most likely to occur over the eastern Carolinas and perhaps into southeastern Virginia.

Motorists will need to keep in mind that roadways will be extra slick where leaves have fallen and become wet.

Into early on Monday, rainfall will also extend up into southern New England as well. By Monday morning, the center of the storm, and the heaviest rainfall, will remain offshore.

At this time, AccuWeather meteorologists expect some rain to move past the Interstate-95 cities which could bring some drizzle and rain for much of Pennsylvania and Virginia for a time. Airline delays can occur in these major hubs.

While Nestor has lost wind intensity, winds can still pack a punch along the coast, gusting between 40-50 mph.

Trees that are sitting in saturated soil can be more susceptible to toppling amid such wind gusts.

Should trees fall on power lines, localized power outages will be possible.

The wind will churn up rough seas from the Carolinas to the upper mid-Atlantic coast at the end of the weekend.

An uptick in wave action will reach southeastern New England by Monday.

Cruise interests should also monitor Nestor's track until it pulls away from the Eastern Seaboard.

There will be a brief window on Monday in the wake of Nestor and ahead of the non-tropical storm when drier weather will return to the mid-Atlantic and milder air will move into the Northeast.

However, the non-tropical storm is likely to bring a period of rain and thunderstorms to the Northeast from Tuesday to Wednesday of next week. This will occur even if what's left of Nestor fails to get pulled northward.

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