A disorganized coastal storm system that is spinning far offshore in the Atlantic might strengthen into a tropical depression or a named tropical storm this weekend, forecasters say.
Even though the system is expected to remain too far away to bring any heavy rain or strong winds to New Jersey, it is generating rough surf and causing dangerous rip currents on Friday.
The rip currents are expected to linger along the Jersey Shore, along with beaches in Delaware, through Saturday morning and possibly through Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service’s regional forecast office in Mount Holly.
In addition, scattered rain showers from the storm’s outer bands could cause minor coastal flooding in Ocean and Cape May counties late Friday or early Saturday, forecasters say.
The good news is most of the showers and thunderstorms associated with the coastal system are scattered north and east of the system’s center. As a result, it has had problems organizing into a more potent tropical depression or tropical storm during the past two days, the National Hurricane Center said Friday morning.
“However, this system is still likely to become a short-lived tropical depression or tropical storm before it makes a transition to a non-tropical gale-force low by Saturday or Saturday night while moving northeastward at about 15 mph away from the United States Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coasts,” the hurricane center noted.
Beaches along the Jersey Shore and in Delaware have a high risk of dangerous rip currents on Friday, Sept. 17, and into Saturday, Sept. 18, because of rough seas generated by an offshore storm system that could become a tropical depression or named tropical storm.National Weather Service
Whether or not this system ends up becoming a depression or named storm — its name would be Odette or Peter, depending on whether another tropical disturbance in the Atlantic strengthens first — high surf is a threat in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. coasts this weekend, the agency said.
As of 8 a.m. Friday, the center of the coastal system that is closest to the eastern U.S. was located about 150 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, which is more than 300 miles south of Cape May.
New Jersey faces a mostly cloudy day on Friday, with scattered rain showers and temperatures in the 70s. Clouds could linger into Saturday morning, but Saturday afternoon is shaping up to be mostly sunny with highs reaching the low 80s.
Nice weather is expected to continue on Sunday and Monday, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.
A storm system off the eastern U.S. coast (area shaded in red on top) could become a tropical depression or named tropical storm this weekend, forecasters say. The bigger area of red is where another tropical depression might form this weekend, with forecasters expecting that system to move near or north of the Leeward Islands by Monday and Tuesday.National Hurricane Center
With 14 storms already named this year, the next names on the official list for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season are Odette and Peter.Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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