Fog early Tuesday is expected to give way to sunshine and springlike warmth before patchy fog returns late Tuesday night into early Wednesday.
August closed out as the coolest in more than 30 years for Georgetown, with 25 days of below-average temperatures and limited rainfall leaving parts of Delmarva abnormally dry. Tonight brings clear skies with lows in the 50s and 60s. Labor Day will be sunny and mild in the upper 70s, followed by a stretch of dry weather before rain chances return late Thursday into Friday.
From early Wednesday through early Friday, Delmarva faces unsettled weather with showers inland and coastal flooding, high surf, and rip currents along the Atlantic beaches as Hurricane Erin makes its closest pass offshore.
An EF-1 tornado with winds up to 110 mph struck Dorchester County, Md., and Sussex County, Del., Friday evening, damaging trees and homes along an 11.4-mile path from near Rhodesdale to south of Bethel. No injuries were reported. Sunday brought sunny, breezy conditions to Delmarva. A cold front moves in Sunday night, followed by a dry and pleasant start to the week. Rain returns Wednesday with cooler temperatures and unsettled weather through Saturday.
A warm and humid air mass will dominate from Thursday morning through early Saturday, bringing repeated rounds of showers and a chance for thunderstorms across Sussex County and Ocean City.
Cool, breezy conditions will persist Tuesday evening across coastal Sussex County and Ocean City before milder, breezy weather arrives Wednesday with increasing clouds and a warm front overnight.
Friday will start cool and cloudy across the Delmarva region, but a warming trend will begin Saturday ahead of a strong storm system arriving Sunday night.
A cool, cloudy start to Friday along the Delaware and Maryland beaches will give way to some sunshine by the afternoon, but a strong storm system Sunday night could bring gusty winds and heavy rain.
Rain will taper off Thursday morning in Sussex County and Ocean City as a cold front moves through, bringing cooler temperatures, gusty winds, and dry conditions into Saturday.
A low-pressure system moving through the region will bring steady rain to Sussex County and Ocean City tonight, with mild temperatures and increasing winds ahead of an approaching cold front.
