Coastal Flooding Possible Wednesday Night

AIR IS FAIRLY DRY AND IT’S FAIRLY LIGHT, BUT WE CAN SEE TO OUR SOUTH, WHERE RAIN IS JUST STARTING TO EXIT OUT OF SAINT MARY’S COUNTY, TRACKING DOWN 95. THAT WAS THE STUBBORN BAND OF RAIN THAT WAS AROUND BALTIMORE EARLIER THIS MORNING. WE ARE TRACKING TWO. HURRICANES IN THE TROPICS, SO WE HAVE IMELDA. WE HAVE HUMBERTO, BOTH AT A CATEGORY ONE STRENGTH, BOTH OF THEM HEADING OUT TO SEA. SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE EAST COAST. HUMBERTO, THE FIRST ONE ALMOST DRAGGING IMELDA BEHIND IT. SO HUMBERTO. HUMBERTO IS GOING TO FIZZLE OUT, BUT IT’S ALREADY CAUSING SOME ROUGH CONDITIONS THERE. IN BERMUDA, THEY’RE DEALING WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS AND THEN IMELDA WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND IT. IN FACT, IT COULD GET A LITTLE STRONGER AS IT’S MOVING EAST AND IT COULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON BERMUDA AS THEY COULD BE FACING A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE AS IT’S PASSING BY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SO THAT IS ALL STAYING OFFSHORE. BUT IT IS CREATING SOME REALLY BIG WAVES AT THE EAST COAST BEACHES AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. THAT’S GOING TO LAST A FEW MORE DAYS UNTIL THOSE BIG HURRICANES ARE HEADING OUT TO SEA. ANOTHER IMPACT WE’RE SEEING HERE ON THE BAY HERE IN MARYLAND IS BECAUSE OF THE PERSISTENT EASTERLY WIND. THE TIDES ARE ABOVE NORMAL, AND THAT’S GOING TO CREATE SOME MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE SHORELINE IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING. IF YOU HAVE ANY VULNERABLE PROPERTY THAT TYPICALLY FLOODS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TIDE GETS ABOVE THREE FEET, YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO PROTECT IT FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING, AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A PERSISTENT EASTERLY WIND FOR A FEW MORE DAYS SO THAT FLOODING COULD PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING THROUGH THE 70S THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO THE 60S OVERNIGHT. WE’LL STILL HAVE SOME CLOUD COVER, BUT WITH DRY WEATHER, AND THEN IT GETS A LITTLE BIT COOLER LATE TONIGHT WHEN WE START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CLEARING, WE’LL DROP INTO THE UPPER 50S. TOMORROW WILL BE A SUNNIER DAY, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT COOLER AROUND THE LOW 70S IN THE BALTIMORE AREA, WITH A COOL BREEZE FROM THE NORTHEAST. YOU MIGHT EVEN NEED A JACKET AT TIMES TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A JACKET WOULD BE HELPFUL. WE’LL BE DROPPING INTO THE 40S, WHICH IS GETTING CLOSER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS WE START THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. TOMORROW. WE HAVE MAINLY DRY WEATHER FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND IT