Tropical storm Fay made landfall this Friday along the New Jersey state coast, about 10 miles (15 kilometers) northeast of the spa town of Atlantic City, en route to New York, the National Hurricane Center said. (NHC).
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Since making landfall, this tropical storm that caused heavy rains in the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England states degraded to post-tropical lows in a matter of hours on Saturday as it moved over New York, forecasters reported.
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According to him last part of this entity, at 5:00 am this Saturday, the center of Fay was located near latitude 42.4 North, longitude 73.9 West, about 23 miles south of the city of Albany, in the state of New York, where it moves at about 17 miles per hour (28 kph) , although a more accelerated north-northeast movement is expected in the afternoon and evening of this Saturday and until Sunday.
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For this Saturday morning, the NHC predicts that Downtown Fay will continue to move through portions of eastern New York. In the afternoon it will make its way through northwest New England and for tonight and Sunday it will reach southeast Canada.
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Fay caused the closure of beaches and flooded some streets of coastal towns after making landfall as a tropical storm Friday afternoon in New Jersey. It weakened on landfall and is expected to fully dissipate on Sunday, according to forecasters.
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From its weakening, recent forecasts reduced the impact of the storm’s rainfall, It could leave 1 to 2 inches of rain (3 to 5 centimeters), with possible flooding in some areas.
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The National Hurricane Center announced that it will no longer issue forecasts on this post-tropical decline.
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This Friday, several beaches in Delaware had been temporarily closed by the storm. And in Ocean City, police asked drivers to avoid the southern tourist town because floods had already blocked some roads. Some streets in the coastal towns of Sea Isle and Wildwood in New Jersey were flooded, according to social media posts.
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Seaside Heights, NJ, reported sustained winds of 60 kilometers per hour (37 miles per hour), and John F. Kennedy International Airport reported winds of 72 km / h (45 mph), local meteorologists reported.
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The tropical storm Fay is the sixth with name of this Atlantic hurricane season, which is expected to be one of the most active in recent years. Colorado State University anticipates a total of 16 storms named, eight hurricanes, four hurricanes older and an Accumulated Cyclonic Energy Index of 150 units, which signals a very active and above-average season, in which it is also fighting against the coronavirus.
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