By Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com | Posted on 02 November 2018 at 08h04
I hope you enjoyed the sun and the heat of September, Thursday. November will take a downward turn in New Jersey Friday and Saturday.
Forecasters say that a heavy rain shower is on the way to the Garden State area, with a maximum of 1 to 2 inches that should fall in areas saturated with the naughty Nor's weekend easter latest.
A few rains arrived early Friday morning, as a cold front was moving in our area, but the heaviest showers should touch late Friday until early Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
This is the time when localized flooding could occur in low and poorly drained streets, the weather service said, noting that 3 inches of rain could fall in parts of New Jersey.
The US Storm Prediction Center reports that most of New Jersey, as well as New York City, has a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms on Friday.
Marginal is considered the lowest of the five categories of the agency's risk scale for extreme weather conditions.
AccuWeather forecasters have said some of the storms that develop from Friday to Saturday could contain torrential rains and gusty winds.
Despite all the clouds and rain, warm weather will remain strong in New Jersey on Friday, with peaks in the first 60 minutes to 70 seconds, before returning to a near-normal level – in First 50 years – Saturday.
On Thursday, the peaks of the afternoon climbed 10 to 15 degrees above normal, giving the impression of late September or early October to place from the beginning of November. These summits were however far from a record territory.
The hottest temperatures ever recorded on November 1 were 85 degrees at Newark in 1950, 83 degrees at Trenton in 1950 and 81 degrees at the Atlantic City International Airport in 1974, according to data from the National Weather Service.
This weather forecast map from the National Weather Service at Mount Holly shows the amount of rain expected in most parts of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and parts of Delaware and Maryland from Friday morning to Saturday.
This map from the National Meteorological Service's Northeast River Forecast Forecast Center shows the amount of rain expected on the northern tip of New Jersey, as well as New York City, Long Island, and other parts of the region. northeast until sunday.