DELMARVA -- A much calmer day is ahead for Delmarva after powerful thunderstorms brought a reported tornado, large hail and damaging wind gusts to parts of the peninsula Tuesday evening.
A tornado touched down near Trappe in Talbot County during the evening storms. The National Weather Service’s Mount Holly office will survey the affected area today to determine the tornado’s strength, track and width. Additional details are expected later today.
Other significant storm reports included 2-inch-diameter hail near Taylors Island and a 63 mph wind gust in Long Neck from a tornado-warned thunderstorm.
Conditions improve significantly today as morning clouds give way to mostly sunny skies. Low pressure off the New Jersey coast will move northward, placing Delmarva on the quieter backside of the system.
High temperatures will reach the middle 80s. Northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph will bring slightly drier air into the region, with dew points falling from the 70s into the 60s.
Partly cloudy skies in Chincoteague, temperatures rising through the 70s this morning.
The weather also looks favorable for the Pony Swim in Chincoteague, with partly cloudy skies and no significant weather problems expected.
Highs will be in the mid 80s under mostly sunny skies, winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight will be mostly clear and pleasant, with temperatures falling into the low to middle 60s.
Mostly sunny skies continue Thursday. A stray shower cannot be completely ruled out, but most of Delmarva should remain dry as temperatures reach the lower 80s.
Friday looks fantastic, with plenty of sunshine and afternoon temperatures in the middle 80s. High pressure will remain in control through Saturday, producing seasonable temperatures and generally favorable conditions across the peninsula.
Humidity will gradually increase during the weekend as temperatures climb into the upper 80s. Another frontal system is expected to approach Sunday and Monday, bringing a return to a more unsettled weather pattern during the opening days of August. The timing and severity of any storms remain uncertain.
