Particle.news
Download on the App Store
9 ARTICLES
·
last wk.

Humberto Stays a Major Hurricane Offshore as Imelda Strengthens, Raising Midweek Coastal Risks

High pressure keeps the storms offshore with midweek swell bringing the main coastal hazards.

A small aperture turns the sun into a spiky ball, shining through vibrantly-colored maple leaves at the historic Forefathers' Burying Ground in Chelmsford, MA.
Frost covers the grass and leaves on a cold November morning in Central New Jersey.
Image
A surfer prepares to go into the ocean on a beach closed in August due to strong riptides in Surf City, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto could pose rip current risks for the area this week.

Overview

  • Forecasters say an area of high pressure will steer both systems east of the mainland Tri‑State, limiting impacts to higher surf, dangerous rip currents and possible beach erosion.
  • Hurricane Humberto remains a Category 4 over the Atlantic and is generating large swell that will focus impacts on New England, especially Cape Cod and the Islands.
  • Tropical Storm Imelda, which drenched the Bahamas over the weekend, is expected to strengthen toward Category 1 as it moves toward Bermuda, sustaining a high rip‑current risk through midweek.
  • A cold front on Wednesday will enhance northeasterly winds with coastal gusts near 30–35 mph and drop temperatures to the 60s Wednesday and upper 50s Thursday in parts of New England.
  • Marine alerts include high rip‑current advisories in parts of New Jersey, small craft advisories through Friday, minor coastal flooding potential through Friday and 5–10 foot waves Wednesday along the Cape and Islands with elevated seas lingering Thursday.