Record storm surges have caused major flooding along the North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware coasts over the past 24 hours, thanks to the powerful winds of a slow-moving Nor'easter energized by the remains of Hurricane Ida. Norfolk, Virginia, suffered its highest storm surge on record last night, when a surge of 5.96 feet hit the
Weather Underground Forecast for Saturday, November 14, 2009.
Tropical storm activity is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic or Caribbean Sea on Saturday. However, the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida will continue moving up the East Coast of the US and will allow for a front to develop to the south. The front will extend over the Bahamas and move southward over Turks and Caicos, and into Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Expect scattered showers to develop along this front, while strongest storms from this system will push into the Mid-Atlantic Ocean.
Meanwhile, high pressure will continue building over Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. This will bring warm and dry conditions to central Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula as well as Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. To the south, onshore flow from the Caribbean Sea will persist over Panama and Costa Rica on Saturday. Thus, expect scattered showers and thunderstorms to persist along the coasts.
A powerful storm hit Northern California on this date in 1988 and produced heavy snow and gusty winds in the Sierra Nevadas. Donner Summit was blanketed with 23 inches of snow and Blue Canyon reported 3.19 inches of precipitation.