Yet another round of severe weather threatened New Jersey on Tuesday. However, nothing too serious really materialized. There was a Tornado Watch out for the entire Garden State from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM EDT on Tuesday. This was part of a powerful system that had brought a decent amount of rain to Central Jersey over the past few days. On Sunday, October 27th, a little more than a half an inch of rain fell in South Plainfield. Much of the past several days has been marked by cloudy skies here in Central Jersey.

The skies really darkened yesterday, and the winds did pick up slightly, but nothing as serious as what we have witnessed over the past two weeks developed. Nothing occurred even after the fact that the sun came out for a little bit in the late afternoon. Usually the appearance of the sun under these unstable conditions is a catalyst for severe weather. However, only a couple very narrow lines of severe weather emerged in the Garden State between 3:30 and 4:00 PM on Tuesday. One area affected Western New Jersey while the other affected the Central portion. The tornado watch was eventually cancelled. There were only four reports of severe weather throughout the United States on Tuesday. It has definitely been an active several weeks here in the Garden State.

We have seen three severe weather outbreaks in the past two and a half weeks. We may see even another round of rough weather on Thursday. The frontal system is still hovering over much of the eastern third of the United States. It has produced tremendous rainfall amounts across the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast. The Carolinas have seen perhaps the wettest weather since Hurricane Floyd back in 1999, and they are in the bullseye again for more torrential rains on Thursday. New Jersey is in dire need of rain though since it had been quite dry prior to the past several weeks. However, this upcoming round of rain will only last a day or so before clearing starts taking place on Friday. The combination of this frontal system, which has become stationary, and the approach of what’s left of Tropical Depression #16, which should become extratropical by the time it reaches New Jersey, will be responsible for the stormy weather on Thursday.

Right now, a Flood Watch is in effect for the entire Garden State as well as Eastern and Central portions of Pennsylvania, Southeastern New York, and the Delmarva Peninsula. The Flood Watch is in effect from late Wednesday night into Thursday night.