Once again, there is a very amped up and active weather pattern in the Boston area during Halloween week.

First, there is a major category 5 hurricane, Melissa , set to make landfall in Jamaica before charting a course off the East Coast later this week.

While the track of Melissa will be several hundred miles off the Massachusetts coastline, there is going to be a tropical connection with another storm system closer to home. This will make for some soaking rainfall and gusty winds in New England on Thursday.

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Early rainfall estimates for Thursday are between 1-3" across southern New England with the heaviest rainfall coming Thursday night.

Halloween weather forecast for Boston

Looks like the rain gets out of here early on Friday, likely by dawn

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