Round one of the heavy rain is now taking over Southwestern New Jersey and Northwestern New Jersey. The very sharp cutoff line is slowly moving east-northeast and will take more and more areas into the rain as the morning and early afternoon progresses. Flood advisories have already been posted in advance of this line for the majority of New Jersey. A flood watch remains in effect for all 21 New Jersey counties. A coastal flood watch continues for Salem, Camden, Gloucester, and Northwestern Burlington Counties for areas along the Delaware River. Flood warnings remain in effect along the Passaic River basin where the flood waters never receded from the previous heavy rain event on Sunday.
East-southeast winds are so far sustained 15 to 25 MPH with gusts to about 35 MPH. As the low pressure areas strengthen and get closer to our region, the gradient should tighten further. The strongest winds will probably be late this afternoon and early this evening. Gusts should be pretty significant in our eastern counties for a time.
Both the GFS and NAM agree that there will be torrential rain falling in the evening or 12 hours from now.
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