HURRICANE FLORENCE POUNDS CAROLINAS REMNANTS EXPECTED NYC
Good morning everyone. The main story continues to be Hurricane Florence and the disaster unfolding in the surge prone areas of the Carolinas. In other and lighter news, we have a beautiful weekend set up for the New York City area, then Florence’s remnants will come our way.
Clouds and muggy conditions stick around for today with highs in the upper 70’s; then tomorrow we begin to gradually clear things out. With some extra sun as we go on through the day, low 80’s are a good bet. Sunday will be the best day out of the bunch, with bright sunshine and low 80’s.
REGIONAL RADAR
As we start next week, the remnants of Florence will head up the Appalachians and west of our area. With most of the energy going west, it’ll take the heaviest rain with it. However, we can expect some scattered tropical showers around both Monday and Tuesday, muggy conditions, and highs in the upper 70’s to low 80’s. As a front passes by on Wednesday, we continue to have the chance of a few showers and upper 70’s to low 80’s, then cool, dry air finally moves in on Thursday; with highs in the upper 60’s to low 70’s.
In the long range, next Friday summer wants to return for one more encore; with front-related warmth possibly into the mid 80’s. Then next weekend for the start of fall, fall-like weather has the potential to invade the area. As of this moment, Saturday is looking cool, dry, and breezy, highs in the upper 60’s to low 70’s; and next Sunday we might not climb out of the 60’s.
LOCAL RADAR NEW YORK CITY
FLORENCE CONTINUES TO POUND THE CAROLINA COAST
https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=LTX&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
Above is a link to the local radar for the Carolina coast. Sadly and as expected, surge prone areas have seen exactly what was expected and warned. Thousands of people who ignored the warnings have been stranded, and we don’t know if we have any casualties yet or how many. Also as expected, structures away from the surge prone areas are fairing ok as winds are 20-40mph less than forecasted by NWS as well as the gusts. Trees, tree limbs, power lines, and light structures (roofing, siding) will continue to sustain widespread damage, but major structural damage will be reserved for those affected by surge, flash flooding, and isolated tornadoes.
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