Storm may bring high winds, rain and up to 25-foot seas to Essex County – Wicked Local Boxford

REGION -- Winds strong enough to bring down trees and tree limbs, storm surge, beach erosion, flooded shore roads and dangerously high seas for mariners are in the areas weather forecast through Friday.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for all of Essex County through 6 a.m., Friday, Oct. 11, in connection with a noreaster off southeastern Massachusetts thats expected to stay through Friday.

Still the county will likely miss the storms worst.

The service forecasts one to two inches of rainfall in the area through Friday, Oct. 11, associated with the storm and dangerous seas through Saturday, Oct. 12.

The Cape and Islands and southeastern Massachusetts are forecast to feel the most effects from the storm with four to six inches of rainfall on Nantucket, three to four inches on most of the Cape and Marthas Vineyard and two to three inches on the south shore and southeastern Massachusetts.

The eastern portion of Massachusetts may also experience scattered power outages, with the winds bringing down trees and tree limbs on power lines and breaking them.

Coastal Essex County may experience minor flooding, along with the predicted winds.

The National Weather Service calls for:

The service says the storm will also rile the ocean and predicts:

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Storm may bring high winds, rain and up to 25-foot seas to Essex County - Wicked Local Boxford