Glad to see some points to the south getting something out of this one. Up to 1.20" storm total and still raining.

Michael Cohen is making plans to leave the country.

LOT afd went into some detail regarding the winds from the remnants of Helene. Nothing really high end, but not something you see all the time from tropical remnants around here. There's still a strong core of winds just off the deck on Friday, so if mixing is a little better than progged, then it's possible that winds would be more solidly into advisory criteria. But for now, reaching advisory criteria looks borderline. The main change in the forecast message for Friday is the increasing likelihood of strong northeasterly winds, especially south of I-80 and along the Lake Michigan shore. Helene`s strong extratropical remnants, possibly still technically partially tropical into Friday morning, will track to the Ohio Valley by Friday evening, still at 990 mb or a bit less. Given the unusually strong surface low pressure butting up against 1015+ mb high pressure over the Great Lakes, the pressure gradient will quickly tighten through the day on Friday. Exceptionally dry air in the 700-500 mb layer and down to the low levels will be tough to erode. This will not only slow the northward progress of (and eat away at) the northwest fringe of the precip shield, but also present supportive conditions for efficient mixing, as the drier low levels will keep lapse rates fairly steep. Model forecast soundings today were in solid agreement depicting 35-45 kt flow atop the mixed layer, highest in our southern CWA, closest to the center of Helene`s remnants. The wind field should peak in magnitude in the mid afternoon through the early evening hours. There`s some uncertainty on how thick the mid and high cloud cover will be north of Helene`s remnants, which could modulate how warm temps get, how much dew points mix out, and how effectively the higher momentum aloft can be tapped into. With that said, the signal was consistent across the guidance today (along with showing a general uptick in the robust EPS suite) to support ramping up wind speeds to 15-25 mph and gusts into the 35-40+ mph range. The best chance for any gusts approaching 45 mph advisory criteria is, as noted earlier, primarily pegged for our southern CWA. Occasional gusts up to 40 mph appear probable near the lake, though there it`s looking like more of a stronger sustained wind off the frictionless lake, and gusts not much higher than the sustained winds. A Marine section will be added below with details on the large waves and dangerous conditions expected on the lake. The interesting "fujiwara" interaction and then merger with a larger upper low does still look likely to take place with Helene`s remnants, but limiting factors for appreciable rain in our area discussed the past few to several days have not materially changed. Strong mid-level ridging extending across the northern Great Lakes will likely be a road-block and prevent the gradually weakening, but still very large extratropical cyclone, from getting much farther north than the general Ohio Valley area.

Heavy rain in downtown Portland, I’d guess up to half an inch per hour for a bit.

0.08 here but looks to be mostly done.