Rains From Isaac’s Remnants Could Put A Damper On Labor Day Plans

Remains Of Tropical System To Combine With Frontal Boundary To Bring Rains To Jersey Starting Sunday

Enjoy the nice weather on Saturday because the last half of the Labor Day Weekend could be quite a wet one for South Plainfield and the rest of New Jersey. The remains of Hurricane Isaac will be heading this way, and should arrive sometime on Sunday. The rains are expected to linger around the Garden State until Tuesday.

Labor Day is traditionally a big day around Northwestern Middlesex County. South Plainfield has its annual Labor Day Parade, which brings people from all over the state as well as many political figures with the start of an important election season. However, it appears that mother nature may not cooperate this year.

As of right now, the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly is giving a 20 to 30 percent chance of showers from Sunday into Monday. The probabilities increase to 50 and 60 percent as we move into Tuesday and Wednesday. Isaac was a slow moving Category One Hurricane with 85 mile per hour winds prior to making to landfalls in Louisiana earlier this week. The storm dumped between 10 and 20 inches in some parts of the Northern Gulf states.

After finally moving out of Louisiana on Thursday, Isaac’s remains have spread northward into drought stricken Arkansas and Missouri, and is forecast to head east into more rain thirsty states such as Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Rainfall amounts in the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys are expected to run between 3 to 5 inches with some areas getting as much as 8 inches.