Delmarva stays seasonably cool today before an arctic front brings dangerous subzero wind chills overnight, followed by a major winter storm with snow, sleet and freezing rain from Saturday night into early Monday afternoon.
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A dead whale was spotted off the coast of Bethany Beach on Thursday.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is expected to repair Bethany Beach crossover access points that have been severely damaged during two recent coastal storms.
Major Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 storm in the central Caribbean and while its present direct threat is to Jamaica and Hispaniola, interests including Sussex County Delaware must monitor potential northeastward motion.
The nor’easter that swept through Delmarva over the weekend took a bite out of Delaware’s coastline.
The Sussex Conservation District said it has reached a milestone in its coastal migration planning initiative, a multi-year effort to help landowners prepare for the impacts of sea level rise saltwater intrusion and habitat loss in Delaware’s tidal areas.
Delmarva faces moderate coastal flooding Friday evening as we deal with residual impacts of Hurricane Erin, with warnings in effect through early Saturday. Skies will clear overnight with lows in the 50s inland and low 60s near the coast. Saturday brings sunshine and highs in the low to mid 80s, followed by rising humidity ahead of a cold front Sunday into Monday that could spark scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler, drier air returns by midweek, with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s.
Hurricane Erin will make its closest pass to the Mid-Atlantic today, staying several hundred miles offshore but still delivering dangerous coastal conditions to Delaware and Maryland beaches. The storm is producing tropical-storm-force winds just off the coast, creating threats of beach erosion, life-threatening rip currents, and major tidal flooding along the Delaware shoreline. Conditions will improve tonight as Erin moves northeast, with fair and pleasant weather expected Friday and Saturday before another cold front brings unsettled conditions early next week.
Hurricane Erin will pass offshore this week, but its growing size is already producing dangerous waves and life-threatening rip currents along Delmarva beaches. Tropical Storm Warnings remain in effect from the coastal waters of Cape Henlopen to Chincoteague, with strong winds and minor to moderate tidal flooding expected Thursday. Conditions begin to ease by Friday as high pressure builds in.
High pressure offshore will bring dry, hazy, and seasonably warm conditions to Delaware’s beach towns through late Wednesday before unsettled weather approaches later in the week.