Tropical Storm Warnings Flash Flooding Main Risk Elsa Exits This Morning
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Tropical Storm Warnings Flash Flooding Main Risk Elsa Exits This Morning
Tropical Storm Elsa continues to move quickly to the northeast as the center heads from near Cape May New Jersey northeast to the south shore of Long Island and then eventually between Cape Cod and Boston by early afternoon. We are going to see the downpours and heavy rain come to an end this morning from west to east. Flash flooding remains a risk and it didn’t help matters that some places got over 4 inches of rain yesterday afternoon and evening from widespread severe thunderstorms. The flood threshold remains very low so it won’t take much to cause issues. Wind does not appear to be an issue. We are seeing some fringe gales along the coast near the center and a few other places are showing odd gusts to 30 mph or more. I don’t foresee wind being an issue.
SATELLITE
We can already see the back edge of the rain pulling out of Delaware and Southern New Jersey. Bands of heavy rain will continue moving northeast. The back edge of the rain should reach NYC and nearby areas by 8am and clear Eastern Long Island and Eastern Connecticut by 10 or 11am at the latest.
WEATHER RADAR
Late today there is the risk for some thunderstorms as a cold front moves in from the west. Once the front passes weather conditions will improve overnight and we should have a very warm though humid weekend. Dew points will be running between 65 and 70. High temperatures over the weekend will be in the low to middle 80s and then start climbing next week. We will throw in a chance for a pop up shower or thunderstorm for Sunday but Saturday probably will be dry just about everywhere. We have a very warm to hot and humid week ahead.
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