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

By Renee Duff, AccuWeather meteorologist

Updated Oct. 20, 2019 9:38 AM

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 along the Southeast coast.

"Nestor will pass close enough to the southern part of the mid-Atlantic region to bring rain and gusty winds through Sunday," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said.

Rain from Nestor was seen spreading across the Carolinas and into the Virginias on Saturday night.

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.

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.

How firmly dry air holds in place over the interior Northeast will determine the northern and western extent of Nestor's rain.

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.

Rain is expected to brush southeastern New England into Monday.

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.

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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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