Drivers cautioned to be careful during downpours

(George Rizer/Globe Staff0

The puddle was gigantic this morning on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester as Kerry Deal and her children, Simon and Helena Strauss, waded their way to the Lee School.

By Globe Staff

State Police are cautioning people to drive carefully today as the rain comes pelting down, obscuring windshields and collecting in large puddles on some roads.

"Certainly, everyone should take their time and leave a little early so they're not in a rush so they can drive a little more cautiously," said Lieutenant Eric Anderson, a State Police spokesman.

Hitting a big puddle can lead to a car hydroplaning and make it difficult to maneuver, he said.

The National Weather Service warned this morning of isolated thunderstorms and gusty winds and that road flooding may be caused today by poor drainage, snowmelt, and rainfall.

Alan Dunham, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said that a first wave of showers and thunderstorms will abate soon, but that another wave will hit later this afternoon.

He said that one-half to one inch of rain may fall by the end of the day in eastern Massachusetts.

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