Well, I must admit, the remnants of Ida surprised even me, but it is getting to the point that nothing surprises me anymore…
I have thought a lot about this and I think the reasons that this ended up worse than anyone imagined is that we had the prior hurricane drop tremendous amounts of rain only a week or so ago, so the ground was already saturated and then the remnants of Ida hit at the worst possible time, at the height of the warming of the day, leading to maximum strength of the storm as it reached our area. The amounts of rain were amazing, with Newark NJ breaking a one-day rain total, but the most amazing thing was the intensity of the rain, with New York City breaking an all-time one hour rainfall total of more than 3 inches in one hour. The rapid rainfall was the thing that got us, especially with the ground already being saturated. And then you have the tornado that made direct hits on homes in South Jersey, and oh my. What a storm. It is just surreal that Ida maintained as much strength as she did after going inland in Louisiana. I have never seen anything like this. Highest rainfall total I found was 11 inches in Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ. Global warming is real and if anyone tells you anything different, stop listening to them. All of this is just getting exhausting.
Click here for some rainfall totals from Eastern PA, and Southern, Central, and Northwestern NJ.
Click here for some rainfall totals from Northeastern NJ, Southeastern NY State, NYC, Long Island, and Fairfield County, CT.
Tonight, and tomorrow will be variably cloudy with a slight chance of a sprinkle tomorrow. Highs will be in the mid 60’s to low 70’s.
Saturday will be mostly sunny with highs in the low to mid 70’s.
Sunday will be variably cloudy with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm as a weak cold front passes through our area. Highs will be in the low to mid 70’s.
Monday and Tuesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the 70’s to low 80’s.
Wednesday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers or thunderstorms as a cold front passes through our area. Highs will be in the mid 70’s to low 80’s.
Next Thursday, September, September 9th, will be variably cloudy with a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Highs will be in the 70’s.
Next Friday, September 10th, through next Wednesday, September 15th are currently looking nice with highs gradually rising from the upper 60’s to mid 70’s next Friday, to the 70’s next Saturday and Sunday, and the mid 70’s to low 80’s next Monday through Wednesday.
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