Bring on the Drap and Dreary

If we have not already seen enough rain, more rain is in the forecast for New Jersey for the next few days. Remember, we are still in a considerable drought so we do need the rain.
Although Jersey was spared the worst from last weeks storm, some parts of the area did see quite a significant amount, and Delaware River has been flowing high since and portions of Southern Jersey are sill in flood warnings (from the past storm plus the next few days). The National Weather Service posted the rain totals from the latest storm. New Jersey saw rain from 7.17 inches (Gibbstown, Gloucester County) to 0.40 of an inch (Cape May). I can say, it was quite eerie Thursday (early) morning when central Jersey got hit with the worst; I could literally hear the wind whistling through the windows (which could actually mean that I should get an energy audit on my house before this winter...) and the rain hitting the windows like nickle-sized hail (yes, hail that big has hit my windows once before so I can compare the rain to that). Areas in Western Pennsylvania and especially the hardest hit; North Carolina, were not so lucky. Nearly 20 inches fell in portions of North Carolina!!

As for the near term weather...have an umbrella handy because for the next few days, the weather will be rather damp and dreary with mostly cloudy to overcast skies rain. Yes, more rain. A low pressure area will not Northward along the East coast, really churning up the waters, and stalling over the Mid-Atlantic, affecting our weather Sunday and for much of the week. Some of the rain could fall heavy and steady at times, other times. Winds will pick up through the evening Sunday into Monday; around 15-20 mph. Temperatures for the most part will feel damp, chilly, and finally feeling like Fall; in the middle 50s during the day (near 60s Tuesday) falling to the middle to upper 40s towards the evening.
Not much exciting weather going on however so far, the weekend is shaping up to be quite pleasant!

As for now, snuggle up with a book, hot coco, and catch up on some R&R (if you can).