The northwest flow around an intensifying northeaster brought strong winds to Delaware during the late morning and early afternoon on the 22nd. Peak wind gusts averaged around 45 mph with the highest gusts along the Delaware Bay Coast.
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The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
The northwest flow around an intensifying northeaster brought strong winds to Delaware during the late morning and early afternoon on the 22nd. Peak wind gusts averaged around 45 mph with the highest gusts along the Delaware Bay Coast. Peak wind gusts included 56 mph in Lewes (Sussex County), 40 mph in Dover (Kent County) and 38 mph at the New Castle County Airport. The low pressure system responsible for the strong winds intensified from a 1007mb low near Jacksonville, Florida at 7 a.m. EST on the 21st, to a 996mb low near Wilmington, North Carolina at 7 p.m. EST on the 21st, to a 979mb low about 100 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey at 7 a.m. EST on the 22nd, to a 972mb low near Boston, Massachusetts at 1 p.m. EST on the 22nd to a 968mb low in northeastern Maine at 7p.m. EST on the 22nd. The strongest winds occurred as the intensifying low pressure system moved through southern New England.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 22, 9:30 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
930 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005
.UPDATE...
THE SFC LOW CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AS IT HEAD NE. LOWEST PRESSURE
WAS 978 OR 979MB AND WAS S OF LONG ISLAND. HOWEVER RADAR SHOWED A
CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH DELMARVA.
ALSO THE RADAR SHOWED RYING COMING IN FROM CENTRAL PA AS THE SYSTEM
LIFTS TO THE NE. ALL-IN-ALL, THE FORECAST IS GENLY OK WITH THE RAIN
CHANGING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTN AND THEN PCPN TYPE TURNING
TO SNOW SHOWERS. THE PCPN CHANGE AREA AT 9 AM EXTENDED FROM ITH IN
NY THROUGH CENTRAL PA AND S TO EKN IN WV.
FROM PHL S/E THE PCPN WILL PROBABLY END THIS EVENING BEFORE A
CHANGE-OVER, BUT SOME SNOW SHOWERS COULD DVLP TO THE N/W OF PHL.
SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE MORE LIKELY IN THE POCONOS WHERE 1-3
INCHES COULD FALL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATION. PREVIOUS FCST HAD THIS
IN AND IT LOOKS REASONABLE.
A WIND ADVISORY WAS CONSIDERED FOR THIS AFTERNOON BUT WE DECIDED TO
NOT ISSUE ONE. WINDS ALOFT DONT LOOK STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT AN
ADVISORY. EVEN SO, AS THE COLD AIR CONTINUES TO COME IN THIS AFTN,
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MIXING TO SUPPORT STRONG WINDS OF 20-30 MPH
WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS OF 40-45 MPH. - RNS
&&
.OVERVIEW...
A WELCOME TO DEC TYPE DAY FOR OUR CWA AS SOME SNOW SHLD FLY IN OUR
NWRN ZNS TDY AND IT WILL BE FAIRLY WINDY EVERYWHERE ELSE. THOSE IN
OUR CWA WHO ARE DREAMING OF A WHITE THANKSGIVING STILL HAVE A SHOT
BASED ON THE LATEST MDL RUNS...STILL MAINLY IN OUR HIER TRRN/NWRN
HALF ZONES. THE GFS IS THE MDL OF CHOICE AS PER ITS BETTER HANDLING
(DEEPER) OF THE NORTHEASTER. IT ALSO WAS SLGTLY WRMR AND CLOSER
TO THE TRUTH WITH RESPECT TO THE H8 TEMPS WHICH ARE CRITICAL FOR TDY
IN OUR NWRN ZNS. THE NAM WAS ABT 1C TOO COLD AT H8 AT ALB AND 2C TOO
DRY WITH ITS DEWPT.
OVERALL PAT WILL RMN UNSEASONABLY COLD AS POLAR VORTEX PLUNGES INTO
THE GREAT LAKES BEFORE IT ROTATES NWD BACK INTO CANADA. THE NEXT GO
ROUND FROM A PIECE OF THAT VORTEX DIGS FTHR TO OUR SE AND BCMS PART
OF A REX TYPE BLOCK NEXT WEEK AS THE NAO GOES SVRLY NEG. MNWHL TO
OUR W THE POS PNA RDG IS SUPPOSE TO GET SQUASHED BY THOSE STG
PACIFIC WRLYS WHICH WILL MODIFY OUR AIR MASS SOMEWHAT. BUT THE ABV
COMBO WILL LEAVE OUR CWA PERIOUSLY CLOSE TO THE RAIN/SNOW LINE WITH
SUBSEQUENT STORMS. WELCOME TO WINTER.
&&
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...
WE WILL START WITH THE LOW CONFID PART OF OUR FCST FOR OUR POCONO
ZONES. THERE IS PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE GFS AND
NAM WITH STG FCSTD OMEGAS IN THE DEFORMATION ZONE CENTERED FROM 12Z
TO 15Z. THIS MIGHT BE ENUF TO DYNAMICALLY COOL THE COLUMN OVR TO
SNOW. THE NAM IS MORE EMPHATIC ABT THIS THAN THE GFS...BUT IT ALSO
INIT SOME SOUNDINGS A BIT TOO LOW AND THAT 1-2C DIF COULD MAKE ALL
THE DIF IN THE WORLD. GIVEN THE MORE CONSISTENT JOB THE GFS HAS DONE
WE HAVE SIDED WITH IT AND WILL BE CARRYING HIER TRRN ACCUMS OF 1-3
INCHES.
ELSW THE GENERAL GIST OF THIS FCST WILL BE TO MOVE IT ALG A BIT
FASTER BY ABT 3 HRS THAN THE PREV PKG. TO THAT END THE STEADIER PCPN
IN THE SERN HALF OF OUR ZONES S/B OVR BY AFTN AND ELSW IT WILL BE
TAPERING OFF. COLD AIR COMES FLYING IN AS PCPN IS ENDING AND PREV
FCST OF PTYP CHANGEOVER STILL LOOKS REASONABLE WITH A CHANGEOVER TWD
THE I95 CORRIDOR DURG THE AFTN.
AS FAR AS WINDS ARE CONCERNED, WE WILL BE KEEPING WINDS JUST BLO
ADVY CRIT. HERE AGN THERE IS A BIG DIF BTWN THE NAM AND GFS AS THE
GFS DOES NOT HAVE ANY MOMENTUM TRANSFER GUSTS IN THEIR BUFKIT
SOUNDGS. THIS WE DON/T AGREE WITH. THE NAM BRINGS US CLOSE TO ADVY
CRIT FOR ABT A 3HR PERIOD TWD DARK. WE WILL KEEP US BLO BECAUSE THE
FCST SOUNDGS DO NOT APR TO BE GOING TRULY ADIABATIC AT H8 TIL EVE
AND THE LARGEST FCSTD ISALLOBARIC PRESSURE RISE IS OFSHR AT THAT
TIME. THE FLOW IS ALSO PRIMARILY CYCLONIC ARND THAT THAT THAT LOW
WHICH USUALLY RESULTS IN SLGTLY LOWER SPEEDS - LOOK WHAT THE LACK OF
A SFC HIGH DID TO THE ONSHR FLOW OVRNGT. DAYSHIFT MIGHT HAVE TO
REVIST THIS AS ITS STILL GOING TO BE A 960S LOW ONCE IT GETS TO
ME...BUT FOR NOW WE WILL UP THE GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH. TEMPS SHLD
FALL THRUT THE DAY SO ENJOY THEM WHL YOU CAN ERLY.
THE INVERSION IS HIGH ENUF PLUS THE LAKE EFFECT FLOW BEING NW TO
CONT AT LEAST THE CHC OF SHSN OR FLURRIES IN OUR NWNR ZNS FOR TNGT.
GRAD WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM BOTTOMING SO GUID MINS LOOK REASONABLE.
WE/LL BE BTWN SYS ON WED...BUT W/O MUCH RDGG IN ADVANCE OF THE
PLUNGING POLAR VORTEX...CLOUDS SHLD INCR LATE IN THE DAY ON WED. BLV
ITS HOPEFUL THINKING TO GET AS WARM AS MOS GUID HAS AND WILL USE
THOSE FIGS AS THE TOP END OF ANY FCST RNGS.
NO BIG MDL CHGS WITH THE NEXT STG ALBERTA CLIPPER ON THANKSGIVING
EVE. ONLY DIFS RMN WITH MDL QPFS WITH THE GFS BEING THE WETTEST. THE
SHRT WV THAT IS ASSISTING THE WAA IS JUST ENTERING ALASKA NOW AND
HOPEFULLY THE 12Z RUN MIGHT MAKE FOR A BETTER MDL CONSENSUS WITH
RESPECT TO QPF. THE CAN GEM MAY OFFER THE BEST COMP AS ITS QPF
EXTENT (PRETTY FAR S) IS SIM TO THE GFS...BUT NOT ITS HEAVIER QPF.
WHL IT IS NOT COMMON TO GET QPF THIS FAR S OF AN ALBERTA LOW...THERE
HAS BEEN PRECEDENT AS RECENT AS LAST JAN OF A SIM SITU. THE GFS IS
SHOWING SOME DECENT WAA AND WE WILL BE IN THE EXIT RGN OF THE FCSTD
ROARING H2.5 JET. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE SCALING BACK THE GFS/S
WARMTH A BIT WED NGT AS IT IS RAISING TEMPS PSBLY TOO QUICKLY IN THE
BOUNDARY LYR (PHL PROPER WOULD HARDLY SEE ANY SNOW) AND GIVE EVAP
COOLING SOME OF ITS DUE. BEST CHCS FOR WAKING UP TO A WHITE
THANKSGIVING STILL RMN N AND W OF THE I95 CORRIDOR...WITH A COUPLE
OF INCHES PSBL IN OUR POCONOS.
&&
.LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
ENOUGH AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CAN SEF, GFS, ENSEMBLES AND ECMWF AT
LEAST INTO THE WEEKEND. AFT THE CFP ON THANKSGIVING THE WX IS
EXPECTED TO BE BENIGN...BUT THE TEMPS WILL BE ANYTHING BUT ESP ON
FRI AND SAT WITH SOME MODERATION THERAFTER.
&&
.AVIATION...
CEILINGS CONTINUE TO BOUNCE BETWEEN IFR AND MVFR BUT EXPECT GENERAL
TREND TOWARD MVFR TO GET ESTABLISHED BY 1100 UTC. SOME MVFR DUE TO
VISIBILITY ALSO EXPECTED INTO TODAY AS SCATTERED RAIN CONTINUES
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. MENTIONED SNOW SHOWERS FOR ABE AND RDG WITH
COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THOSE LOCATIONS. STRONG NW WINDS EXPECTED
TODAY WITH GUSTS OVER 30 KT AS DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MOVES UP INTO
NEW ENGLAND.
&&
.MARINE...
STORM CENTER DOWN TO 986 MB AS OF 0800 UTC WITH PEAK WINDS OF 70
KNOTS OBSERVED OFFSHORE AT BUOY 44004. HAVE GONE GALE WARNING
EVERYWHERE FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT IN STRONG NW FLOW BEHIND DEEPENING
MARINE STORM CENTER. RAISED SEAS UP TO 11 FEET BASED ON LATEST
OBSERVATIONS AND WAVEWATCH GUIDANCE.
NEXT MARINE SYSTEM EXPECTED LATE WED INTO THU. KEPT WINDS IN
COASTAL WATERS JUST BELOW GALE CONDITIONS.
&&
.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR ANZ430-431-450>455 FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7
AM WEDNESDAY.
&&
OVERVIEW/SHORT TERM...GIGI
LONG TERM...GIZOT
AVIATION/MARINE...SZATKOWSKIHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 442 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ANZ430-431-450>455-DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001- 007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-231100- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 442 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND NEW JERSEY, EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND GUSTS SHOULD REACH 35 TO 45 MPH LATER TODAY. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE SECTORIZED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO PART OF THANKSGIVING DAY. OTHERWISE NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED. PLEASE FORWARD ANY ACCUMULATIONS YOU MIGHT RECEIVE TODAY IF THEY ARE AT OR ABOVE ONE INCH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 433 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 PAZ054-055-221700- CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 433 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT US TODAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF THE DELAWARE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES JUST OFFSHORE TODAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS MORNING. ONE TO THREE OF INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AS THE STORM MOVES FARTHER TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY, COLD AIR WILL SWEEP INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING TOWARD FREEZING IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE EVENING ELSEWHERE. THIS WOULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND LESS TRAVELED ROADWAYS. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY, WITH WIND GUSTS REACHING 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHILE IT IS SNOWING. AFTER THIS STORM SYSTEM, AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MAY PRODUCE MORE SNOW IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING DAY WITH ANOTHER LIGHT ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT TIMING, ACCUMULATIONS AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT TRAVEL PLANS WILL BE ISSUED WITH LATER STATEMENTS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. NJZ001-007-008-PAZ060>062-221700- SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 433 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT US TODAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF THE DELAWARE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES JUST OFFSHORE TODAY. RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. AS THE STORM MOVES FARTHER TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY, COLD AIR WILL SWEEP INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING TOWARD FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND LESS TRAVELED ROADWAYS. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY, WITH WIND GUSTS REACHING 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STRONG WINDS ILL CAUSE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHILE IT IS SNOWING. AFTER THIS STORM SYSTEM, AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MAY PRODUCE MORE SNOW IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING DAY WITH ANOTHER LIGHT ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT TIMING, ACCUMULATIONS AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT TRAVEL PLANS WILL BE ISSUED WITH LATER STATEMENTS LATER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ009-010-012>020-026-PAZ067>071-221700- NEW CASTLE-CECIL-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY- BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 433 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT US TODAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF THE DELAWARE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES JUST OFFSHORE TODAY. OCCASIONAL RAIN THIS MORNING WILL TAPER OFF AND END BY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTALS WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN. AS THE STORM MOVES FARTHER TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY, COLD AIR WILL SWEEP INTO THE AREA AND WILL PROBABLY CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS, AND IN THE RARITAN BASIN IN NEW JERSEY. AIR TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION ENDS AND LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. STANDING WATER THOUGH WILL FREEZE OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, AS WELL AS PRUNING SOME WEAK TREE LIMBS. AFTER THIS STORM SYSTEM, AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MAY PRODUCE SOME SNOW IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL EXTEND FROM THE PHILADELPHIA NORTHWEST SUBURBS INTO THE NORTHERN RARITAN BASIN, AND THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE PASSAIC BASIN IN NEW JERSEY. MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT TIMING, ACCUMULATIONS AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT TRAVEL PLANS WILL BE ISSUED WITH LATER STATEMENTS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ021>025-027-221700- KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...MILLVILLE... HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... WHARTON STATE FOREST 433 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT US TODAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF THE DELAWARE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES JUST OFFSHORE TODAY. OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE STORM MOVES FARTHER TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY, COLD AIR WILL SWEEP INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER, PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END BEFORE IT HAS A CHANCE TO CHANGE TO SNOW OR FLURRIES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, AS WELL AS PRUNING SOME WEAK TREE LIMBS. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS. THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE CYCLE IS LOW SO NO TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. AFTER THIS STORM SYSTEM, AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MIGHT PRODUCE SOME RAIN AND SNOW IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. AT THE MOMENT, AN ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REGION, BUT SHOULD OCCUR IN PLACES FARTHER TO THE NORTH. PLEASE LOOK FOR FURTHER UPDATES IF NECESSARY IN THE DAYS TO COME. GIGI/SZATKOWSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Delaware in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, November 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5480347, 5480348, 5480349, 5480350.