Flooding will be a concern today as heavy rain pounds parts of the south coast and the Avalon.

Rainfall warnings are in effect with anywhere from 30 to 50 mm expected, paired with strong gusts of up to 100 km/h for parts of the coast.

Environment Canada meteorologist Justin Boudreau says the exception to that is the Placentia Bay area where a coastal flood warning has been issued with amounts up to 80 mm possible.

Parts of central and western Newfoundland are only in for some light precipitation today, but that’ll be followed by a shot of winter right off the back.

About 15 to 20 cm is expected in those areas, with the possibility of more for local areas. Winds will pick up this evening causing blowing snow.

Boudreau says the tide will be high for the southern Avalon and Notre Dame Bay for the next day or so with a storm surge warning in effect.

As the low moves away from the island and the new moon tomorrow, water levels are expected to be high in those coastal areas.