Tropical Storm Andrea

As many of you know, Tropical Storm Andrea was born yesterday, but not really. Andrea started off in the Pacific ocean  and actually hit Mexico about a week ago. her Pacific name was Barbara and was classified as a Cat 1 Hurricane just prior to landfall.  Since then, she moved across Mexico and into the Gulf of Mexico. From there, she meandered north and officially became a Tropical Storm yesterday after the US Air Forces' Hurricane Hunters flew into the storm to better sample her energy. What they found was enough to warrant the naming of the storm. its rare for a storm to move from the Pacific to the Atlantic, but Barbara / Andrea is one of the few. Her name would have changed regardless even if she had not fallen below naming criteria in the Gulf of Mexico.

Currently, Andrea is ready to make landfall into Florida.  From there she will track across Florida and up the eastern seaboard. Andrea is currently packing 60mph winds, heavy rains and even some tornadoes. Flash Flood Watches have already been posted in parts of the area (although not NJ yet). The biggest impacts for us will be rain. Andrea will pass to our east. You can remember from storms of the past, that the most severe weather is usually located on the eastern side, so that will be out over the ocean. We will however have copious amounts of rain. We are looking at potentially 2-4" of rain. Winds will be present, but for the most part will not be very significant.

Rain moves in tonight and will last through late Friday Night. Showers may stick around for a period of time Saturday morning. The heaviest rains will fall during the day on Friday. As usual, updates on twitter and facebook. Welcome to the tropical weather season!

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