July 10 Tropical Storm Fay Passing Ocean City This Morning

Friday July 10 2020

Tropical Storm Fay has been dropping the heaviest rain on Delmarva this morning as expected. The center was identified at 5 AM 65 miles from Ocean City, MD with winds of 50 mph. It’s even close in this 7 AM satellite image. Winds have been reaching 39 mph at the airport in Berlin, but over 40 mph along the beaches.

Tropical Storm Warning has been EXPANDED to include Delaware

The back edge of the clouds seen on satellite reached Baltimore and York. The heavy rain has been over Delmarva and the beaches where Flash Flood Watches are in place.

This location is a little east of the modeling, but  a little closer than The National Hurricane Center plot.  There is a Flood Advisory for Delmarva for 2 to 4 inches of rain, but the Tropical Storm Warnings are posted for Cape May, NJ to Rhode Island.

Morning Satellite Loop

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Morning Mesoscale Analysis

 

SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...37.4N 74.8W
ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM SSE OF OCEAN CITY MARYLAND
ABOUT 105 MI...165 KM S OF CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES

 

Forecast Track

The National Hurricane Center Forecast Track put landfall in New York City tonight

Warnings

Tropical Storm/Special Marine

Expanded to include Delaware

These are areas likely to experience sustained winds over 40 mph

 

Flash Flooding: Potential for 2 to 4 inches of rain

 

 

Radar Loop (3 hours ending 7 AM)

The heaviest rain is in orange and yellow. Watch that shift west across Delmarva. The back end will get close to the northern Chesapeake Bay. Some stray showers will from west of this core across metro Baltimore and southern PA.

 

Radar Simulation —> slider

Most of the rain will be confined to Delmarva and the coastal areas. But the back end will get close to the northern Chesapeake Bay. I do not think this model is getting this storm completely. More showers and rain could reach parts of metro Baltimore and southern PA.

 

High Temperatures 

Cooler 70s under the influence of Tropical Storm Fay. But 90s remain farther inland.

 

Temperature Outlook 

Humidity will be more comfortable this weekend. The heat wave will reinforce itself next week.

 

 

Also See:

Climate Report Today

Record Rainfall set in Baltimore at BWI

See the Weather Observations and Climate Report from this morning for more info about:

📋Observations yesterday

🌡 Climate data today

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