Strong Frontal System Brings Torrential Rains, Damaging Winds, Possible Thunderstorms to New Jersey

The strong frontal system hovering over New Jersey will bring torrential rains and damaging winds in the afternoon, as well as possible thunderstorms in the evening. Weather models predict that the region will experience a rainy, windy afternoon and evening on Thursday, with the possibility of some thunderstorms and flooding.

According to the National Weather Service, the majority of the rain is predicted to fall from 3 PM to 10 PM, with the possibility of damaging winds and torrential rain in the early to mid-evening.

The New York office of the weather service is also keeping an eye on the potential development of a line of embedded thunderstorms and heavy rain that could affect the region from 8 PM to 4 AM. The weather station covers Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Passaic, and Union counties.

Expect half an inch to an inch and a quarter of rain across the state, as well as some minor flooding in populated areas and places with inadequate drainage. However, the weather service warned that it wasn't impossible for rain to fall at a rate of half an inch to an inch per hour for a short while when the strongest of the storms hit.

The weather service stated in its morning forecast discussion that winds will generally gust between 25 and 35 mph during the afternoon and through the night, with the greatest risk of flooding rains, with the addition of damaging winds along the northwest portion of Interstate 95.

A brief, weak tornado is also a possibility. Additionally, AccuWeather.com mentions the potential for intermittent power outages.

As of 7:30 AM, light rainfall was experienced in some areas of the state. Early this afternoon, as temperatures peak in the upper 60s to the low 70s, there should be a lull before the area is overtaken by steadier rains.

Autumn Weather Friday

There will be a period of dry, pleasant fall weather after the overnight rain moves out of the area.

Sunny days are forecast for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with highs within the 60s on Friday and rising to the low 70s on Sunday.

With temperatures falling from the upper 30s to the low 40s, Friday night will be chilly. It will be approximately 10 degrees warmer on Saturday night, NJ.com True Jersey reports.

Frontal Systems

A front is a type of weather system that serves as the division line between two types of air. Typically, one type of air is denser compared to the other and has a different temperature and humidity content. Rain, snow, hot days, cold days, windy days, and other weather are all the result of this collision of air types.

Warm fronts and cold fronts are the two main types of fronts.

Warm fronts typically appear at the end of a precipitation and fog event. Warm fronts move slowly as they pass over cold air masses, typically from north to south. Warm fronts bring more stable and lengthy weather patterns because they aren't as dense or strong as cold fronts. Warm air is pressed close to the ground in high-pressure systems, which are frequently related to warm fronts. High-pressure systems typically signal clear, calm weather.

Cold fronts frequently bring with them severe weather, like thunderstorms. They typically move from east to west. Due to the denser (more material-containing) nature of cold air compared to warm air, cold fronts move more quickly than warm fronts.

It happens frequently that strong, strong cold fronts sweep over warm air that may be almost stagnant in the atmosphere. The warmer, less dense air is forced aside by the cold, dense air, which lifts the warm air. A low-pressure system is typically used to describe the motion of a cold front into a warm front because air is pulled up instead of pressed down. Frequently, thunderstorms or heavy rain are brought on by low-pressure systems.