More Severe Thunderstorm Possible on Wednesday
With another warm up today and tomorrow comes the possibility of more severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has issued and slight risk of severe thunderstorms tomorrow for all of western New Jersey. This is similar to what happened last Saturday. the timing right now looks from 3 pm – 8 pm. There could also be some showers in the morning tomorrow.
I’ll post updates as they develop
Severe thunderstorm watch until 9 pm for western New Jersey
This system has generated some tornado warnings – one is near Lancaster area…
Showers and thunderstorms approaching from the SW
As seen in the above radar, showers and thundershowers are approaching from PA. The cells are moving from SW to NE. There is a severe thunderstorm watch for Berks county in PA which is near Reading. There are two severe thunderstorm warnings indicated in the yellow above.
Keep an eye to the sky for the remainder of the afternoon and early evening
The Storms Prediction Center has placed all of western New Jersey in a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for today. The greatest risk appears to be from 3 – 6 pm from west to east.
These storms are the result of the unseasonably warm weather we have been experiencing over the past couple of days. Stewartsville reached 77 yesterday!
but all good things must come to an end. Sunday will be closer to normal with temperatures back to the 40’s with breezy conditions. Temperatures should rebound into the 50’s early next week.
Wide view of the radar shows additional showers in western PA that will move into western NJ overnight
First round of thunderstorms moved through western New Jersey this afternoon and early evening. The cold front is still to our west in western PA. As you can see in the radar above there are still some additional showers and thundershowers that will move though our area later tonight into the overnight. The big question is how strong will they be. With the sunset some of the energy will be taken away from these storms. But we all know how warm and humid the air is. This warm and humid air contains a lot of moisture and energy so if the right conditions come together there could be some heavier thundershowers.
The severe thunderstorm watch issued earlier is no longer in effect. I do not anticipate another watch being issued with the weather to our west.
Severe thunderstorm watch for western NJ
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District of Columbia
northern Delaware
much of Maryland
New Jersey
eastern Pennsylvania
northern Virginia
coastal waters
* effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until
1100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
Summary...north-south squall line is gradually intensifying over
central Pennsylvania into western Maryland. Damaging winds can be
expected with this line of convection as it spreads toward New
Jersey.
The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles south
southwest of Baltimore Maryland to 40 miles north of Allentown
Pennsylvania. For a complete depiction of the watch see the
associated watch outline update (wous64 kwns wou7).
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Remember...a Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch
area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for
threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements
and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally
do produce tornadoes.
Aviation...a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft
to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60
knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm
motion vector 25030.
SPC maintains a slight risk of severe weather on Tuesday for western New Jersey
Best time for this to happen, if it does, is 3 pm onward today. This may not be widespread.
Radar is not showing too much now…
Slight risk of severe thunderstorms possible on Tuesday
Keep an eye to the sky on Tuesday. Any thunderstorms that do form in western New Jersey have the potential to be slightly more severe than normal
SPC has upgraded western NJ to a slight risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening
Lightning photos August 13, 2016 from Stewartsville, NJ
Unless you were out of town last night, you couldn’t but help notice the thunderstorms that passed into western New Jersey last evening. I was able to get a few descent photos of the lightning since the storms were not directly overhead where I was. All photos © 2016 Dave Dabour, Dabour Photography
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