Strong winds, significant coastal flooding and a month’s worth of rain are possible. Most major East Coast cities will see 2 to 4 inches of rain, with a few areas topping 5 inches.
An area of developing low pressure off the Florida coastline is expected to sweep up the Southeast coast and make landfall in the Mid-Atlantic this weekend. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring the subtropical system, which will bring plentiful rainfall, rough surf, strong gusty winds, coastal flooding and significant rainfall, affecting the majority of major East Coast cities and bringing a dreary, dank weekend.Tropical storm warnings have been issued from Cape Fear, N.C.
“There is a possibility of life-threatening inundation from rising water moving inland from the coastline,” the National Weather Service wrote. That’s especially true in the Chesapeake Bay and along the east coast of New Jersey north to New York City. That’s where a storm surge of 3 feet or more is possible, due to strong onshore flow that will pile water against the coast.Some places could see a month’s worth of rainfall as the waterlogged system trudges north.
The wind-swept soaker will breeze into New England on Sunday, finally dissipating into early next week.The storm is expected to be located several hundred miles offshore of North Carolina on Friday afternoon, and then make landfall on or skim very close to the Outer Banks during the first few hours of Saturday. Thereafter, it will continue parallel to or up the Chesapeake Bay, and probably will continue to strengthen. It will then weaken Sunday into Monday.