Helene Targeting North Florida While Northeast Weather Will Be Showery

Helene Targeting North Florida While Northeast Weather Will Be Showery

Helene Targeting North Florida While Northeast Weather Will Be Showery

The next few days attention will be focused on Helene as it strengthens to a category 3 and possibly a category 4 hurricane in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. There are a number of unusual aspects regarding this hurricane. Among other things it is a rather large hurricane in terms of geographic coverage. It will be accelerating inland and heading northward and then northwestward and this will mean that damaging winds will be felt as far as 300 miles inland from the Florida coast. Most importantly is the future track which is blocked from moving up the East Coast. This means that the Northeast and Northern Mid Atlantic states need not worry about Helene and the remnant heavy rains that would occur.

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WEATHER RADAR

Our attention will be focused on an approaching cold front that will bring showers and perhaps the odd thunderstorm or two. Severe weather is not a risk. Look for mainly cloudy skies today and showery rains will likely develop inland in the afternoon. Coastal areas and areas just inland of the coast in New Jersey, Southern New England and Long Island probably won’t see much if any rain during the dayside.

Temperatures this afternoon will reach the middle to a few upper 70s. Warm spots in South Jersey and Southeast Pennsylvania might see highs touch the 80 degree mark in some places. Showery rains will be around tonight into Thursday morning. However note the distribution of rain is higher well inland and minimal really along coastal areas. It would not shock me if some folks don’t say any rain at all from this front.

Rainfall amounts through Thursday are minimal near the coast but more substantial well inland where 1 inch plus amounts  are possible The cold front will be slowing down in response to strengthening Hurricane Helene in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Thursday so clouds and showery rains will linger in some places under a cloudy skies. Most highs Thursday will be in the mid 70s to around 80.

Friday brings high pressure building acorss the Great Lakes to New England so the onshore flow returns but so does drier air. We will likely have to deal with high cloud cover from Helene which will veil the sunshine and as a result keep temperatures a little lower than the otherwise would be. None the less there will be some sun Friday and high temperatures will be in the low to middle 70s.

Saturday and Sunday will be two dry days with high clouds and some sunshine both days with most highs in a range of 70 to 75 except cooler 60s near the coast thanks to the ocean wind. Some coastal flooding issues at high tide are possible over the weekend but nothing major is expected. We see mostly dry weather conditions for the start of next week and the next cold front with any showers will hold off until Wednesday.

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