All that wind outside is from the first bits of Dorian to reach Delaware. A small craft advisory is in place until tonight, expect that to increase. Windy days into the weekend, so far Saturday looks like nice weather, with gigantic waves.
Rain chances will increase as the day progresses into Friday. Tomorrow the worst of Hurricane Dorian is predicted for Delaware. Unless she wobbles and heads closer in our direction then these conditions will increase. We will be under tropical storm conditions, not hurricane, but northeast winds will be an issue.
High tide is around noon today and the beaches already look like it is high tide with storm surge and wind. It is dead low tide right now, expect water to reach the dune lines. I don’t expect parks to close the drive on beaches, but you never know. Keep your eye on the tide. All of this is expected to lay down Sunday so long as Hurricane Dorian stays on her current track.
With all these north east winds expect the beaches to take a large erosion hit. Almost like two weeks ago when that northeast swell and wind ate the the beaches. Leaving behind a four foot drop off carved into several beaches. Expect coastal flooding around the inland bays in the usual spots.
Marine Forecast Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm- 618 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
.TODAY…NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
around 4 ft. Swell mainly from the SE with a dominant period of 9
seconds. Isolated showers late this morning and early this
afternoon. Scattered showers late this afternoon.
.TONIGHT…E winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
around 4 ft, building to 6 ft after midnight. Swell mainly from
the SE with a dominant period of 9 seconds. A chance of showers
in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
.FRI…Tropical storm conditions possible. NE winds 20 to 25 kt
with gusts up to 35 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up
to 45 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 6 ft, building to 10 ft in
the afternoon. Swell mainly from the SE with a dominant period of
13 seconds. Periods of rain.
.FRI NIGHT…N winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas
12 to 13 ft. Swell mainly from the E with a dominant period of
12 seconds. Periods of rain, mainly in the evening.
.SAT…NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, diminishing
to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 9 ft, subsiding to
6 ft in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT…W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN…W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Light swell in the
morning.
.SUN NIGHT…SW winds around 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON…E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. A chance of
showers.
.MON NIGHT…E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. A chance of
showers.
Tide Chart Indian River Inlet
2019/09/05 Thu 01:47 AM 2.68 H
2019/09/05 Thu 07:31 AM 0.19 L
2019/09/05 Thu 2:34 PM 3.13 H
2019/09/05 Thu 8:33 PM 0.48 L
2019/09/06 Fri 02:48 AM 2.51 H
2019/09/06 Fri 08:30 AM 0.37 L
2019/09/06 Fri 3:41 PM 3.08 H
2019/09/06 Fri 9:43 PM 0.61 L
2019/09/07 Sat 03:54 AM 2.40 H
2019/09/07 Sat 09:34 AM 0.51 L
2019/09/07 Sat 4:47 PM 3.07 H
2019/09/07 Sat 10:50 PM 0.66 L
2019/09/08 Sun 05:00 AM 2.38 H
2019/09/08 Sun 10:38 AM 0.57 L
2019/09/08 Sun 5:48 PM 3.10 H
2019/09/08 Sun 11:49 PM 0.64 L