More rain in local forecast

The clearing skies Thursday afternoon were just a temporary lull from the torrential rainfall that has already pummelled Windsor and Essex County, forcing some motorists to abandon their vehicles on flooded roadways. “With this low-pressure system parking itself in southern Indiana, it’s going to keep sending these streams of moisture northward over the next couple of days,” Environment Canada spokesman Geoff Coulson said. How much rain will fall will be “highly variable,” according to Environment Canada’s alert for Windsor and Essex County, but it should range between 40 and 70 millimetres for overnight Thursday into Friday. At 2 p.m., 78 mm had fallen at Windsor Airport in 24 hours. The average rainfall in Windsor is 94 mm for the entire month of September.