Just a quick follow-up on yesterday’s post on Tropical Storm Fay, now with 50mph winds, pressure down to 999mb and located approximately 30 miles SE of Cape May. First point, this is NOT Sandy, or a Hurricane. Fay is a fast moving tropical system that will be spreading heavy downpours, flooding in the usual spots, gusty conditions along the coast, and a chance of an isolated tornado and/or a waterspout. Coastal sections will see the higher wind gusts maxing out between 30-50mph, perhaps slightly higher. It’s a stunning feature on satellite view (see above). The track of Fay will take in due north with larger amounts of rainfall for all of NJ, Hudson Valley on north, the 5 boroughs, LI, and western parts of CT, MA. The further east into LI and coastal sections of southern New England will see the higher wind gusts.
When What and Where
Fay is making its way into SNJ and coastal sections currently and will be moving quickly north covering the tri-state area over the next few hours. Rainfall will intensify by noon for most of NJ and NYC on north. A round of heavy downpours douse Long Island, lower Hudson Valley, CT and MA later in the afternoon. These bands will contain heavy rain, and flash flooding so don’t let your guard down if traveling later in the afternoon. Given the speed, Fay fades fast and clears out well before sundown. There will be isolated showers that pop up but the worst is done before dark. Most of tri-state area will receive 2-4″ with locally higher amounts in coastal sections and where feeder bands wrap around. An isolated torado is rare but possible with these tropical systems. Winds won’t amount to much inland, breezy, perhaps 20-30mph tops. Coastal sections will get up to 30-50mph.
Finally, just a heads-up for Saturday. I mentioned in my post yesterday on the possibility of strong storms at night. While most of the morning and early afternoon will be partly to mostly sunny and very humid with temps in the upper 80s, a line of strong to severe thunderstorms moves through NJ and lower Hudson Valley early to mid afternoon, and on into NYC. Look for possible rainbows and stunning sunset, but another line, less severe though, moves though after sundown.
That’s it for now, and thanks so much again to those who continue to support my website and my ongoing forecasts to keep you up to date with all your weather needs (see my menu at the top under Support Weatherremarks for more details)! Stay safe, avoid driving through flooded areas and have a great weekend. I’ll be back soon and remember, weather never sleeps!
Fay didn’t slay my vacay, hooray!
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