Video weather forecast update for NJ metro

Video is from around 10:30am - 9/3/2013


Latest text post: 8:35am -- 9/3/2013

The cold front -- or really this time a humidity front if you will, is scheduled to cross the NJ metro area by around Noon today...

There have been some flooding storms on Long Island early this morning before this weather system crosses the region.
Another shower or thunderstorm is possible for all locations up until around lunch-time.
Skies this afternoon will brighten as the humidity drops (ahhhh!).

Highs today top out in the lower 80s.
Lows overnight fall into the upper 50s to mid- 60s.

Wednesday through Friday look great, with partly to mostly sunny conditions, low humidity, and a nice breeze. Temperatures in the afternoon will reach the low to mid-80s on Wednesday and Thursday, and the mid- to upper 70s on Friday.

The nice weather is expected to continue into the start of the weekend.

Flood advisory on Long Island

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT...

* AT 835 AM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...NEAR ISLIP...WILL
CONTINUE MOVING EAST THIS MORNING. RAINFALL OF UP TO 3/4 OF AN INCH
IN A 1/2 HOUR HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

Weather front to cross the area soon

Latest update: 8:35am -- 9/3/2013

The cold front -- or really this time a humidity front if you will, is scheduled to cross the NJ metro area by around Noon today...

There have been some flooding storms on Long Island early this morning before this weather system crosses the region.
Another shower or thunderstorm is possible for all locations up until around lunch-time.
Skies this afternoon will brighten as the humidity drops (ahhhh!).

Highs today top out in the lower 80s.
Lows overnight fall into the upper 50s to mid- 60s.

Wednesday through Friday look great, with partly to mostly sunny conditions, low humidity, and a nice breeze. Temperatures in the afternoon will reach the low to mid-80s on Wednesday and Thursday, and the mid- to upper 70s on Friday.

The nice weather is expected to continue into the start of the weekend.

11:25pm metro NJ radar update

Sussex and Warren counties in NJ likely to see some gusty thunderstorms in the next hour or so...

Monday evening weather update for NJ metro

The latest weather front will be crossing the area over the next 24 hours...

Showers and thunderstorm chances will increase again between 10pm and midnight for the NJ metro area...
Flooding potential will be monitored.
It is expected to remain muggy with some patchy fog late at night.

On Tuesday, there is still the risk for a passing shower or thundershower in the morning, up until lunch-time as the cold front moves through...
Highs top out in the lower 80s, and the humidity will begin to drop late in the day.
Tomorrow night is forecast to be clear and much more comfortable, as lows fall into the 50s in the suburbs, to between 60-65 for much of urban NJ, NYC , and most of Long Island.

** A nice stretch of weather from Wednesday through Friday **
Sunshine can be expected through this period, with highs on Wednesday and Thursday in the low to mid- 80s, and in the mid- to  upper 70s on Friday.
The dry weather is expected to continue into Saturday.

11:25am NJ metro radar update

Central NJ (counties of Burlington, Mercer, Hunterdon and Middlesex) will start to see some heavy rain between Noon and 1pm today...

Flooding downpours can be expected.

Update on Philadelphia metro area alerts

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTIES...

AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. TREE DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED IN PHILADELPHIA.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKLEDGE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AROUND 1110 AM EDT...
BRYN ATHYN AROUND 1120 AM EDT...
BENSALEM AROUND 1125 AM EDT...
FEASTERVILLE AROUND 1140 AM EDT...
CHURCHVILLE AND VILLAGE SHIRES AROUND 1145 AM EDT...