Ernesto packs a wallop on Mid Atlantic, TD 6 out, more to come

20:00EDT
Okay, this time I promise you that the tropics are heating up and will stay heated up for the next month. I'll start with the impact from Ernesto this weekend.

The reason I havent posted at all in the past few days is because my family went to NJ for the weekend. I was lucky as I witnessed many down trees and power lines plus a little flooding. This was in South Plainfield, NJ and northward. Further south, Ernesto flooded roads and caused power outages for over 350 thousand customers in VA as well as tens of thousands of people in southern NJ, MD, and DE. Significant wind damage occurred there as well. The weather channel showed footage of beach erosion and down trees and power lines on Cape May, NJ. Heavy rain also effected southern New England and especially westward into NY and PA. In Keene, light rain is still falling, adding to the weekend total, however a preliminary measurement taken by me this evening was 1.88in.
Final advisory from the HPC

So on we go from one thing to the next. The latest is TD 6 whose first advisory was issued at 17:00EDT this evening. TD 6 is formed in the south central Atlantic and is expected to move in a general W to NW motion. TD 6 could be a threat to the US East coast.

Elsewhere in the tropics, we have Invest 99L. Invest 90L existed through this afternoon and was the wave that was declared TD 6, and Invest 98L has degenerated below invest status however still should be monitored.

As for what to expect for local weather, skies should clear out tomorrow for a nice Labor Day. What was amazing down in NJ was that on Saturday it was just like today in New England with the dreary, rainy weather, however today before leaving NJ, we woke to sunny skies. That should be the case here for tomorrow. Then another rain event is in store for Tuesday through Wednesday Night. An upper level low is expected to move through the area on Monday with the front coming through the area Monday Night. The NWS is expecting the front to then stall out off the coast, which would then allow a couple of short waves to move northward with steady rain through the period. Skies should then clear up for Thursday with another chance of showers Friday into Saturday. As for temperatures, highs will top out in the low 70s through the week, with lows down in the 50s.