Forecast and Conditions for New Castle, Delaware

Updated: 8:51 PM EDT on July 23, 2008 Observed at Wilmington, Delaware
Temperature	70 °F / 21 °C
Humidity	93%
Dew Point	68 °F / 20 °C
Wind	West at 8 mph / 13 km/h
Pressure	29.92 in / 1013 hPa (Rising)
Conditions	Light Thunderstorms and Rain
Visibility	5.0 miles / 8.0 kilometers
Clouds	Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 3700 ft / 1127 m Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 4700 ft / 1432 m Overcast (OVC) : 7000 ft / 2133 m
Yesterday's Maximum	91 °F / 32 °C
Yesterday's Minimum	73 °F / 22 °C
Normal high	87 °F / 30 °C
Normal low	68 °F / 20 °C
Record high	99 °F / 37 °C (1914)
Record low	54 °F / 12 °C (1977)
Yesterday's Heating Degree Days	0
Yesterday's Cooling Degree Days	17
Sunrise	05:53 AM (EDT)
Sunset	08:23 PM (EDT)
Moon Rise	10:59 PM (EDT)
Moon Set	11:19 AM (EDT)
Moon Phase

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Statement as of 9:03 PM EDT on July 23, 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 738 remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT

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Kent New Castle Sussex

Areal Flood Advisory, Flash Flood Watch Statement as of 8:01 PM EDT on July 23, 2008

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued an

* urban and small stream flood advisory for...
Cecil County in northeast Maryland...
New Castle County in northern Delaware...

* until 1100 PM EDT

* at 801 PM EDT National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
over two inches of rain had fallen over portions of Cecil County
and New Castle County since Wednesday afternoon. Another one to
two inches of rain is possible during the next hour or so in spots.

Urban areas are most susceptible to flooding from this heavy rain,
and also areas of poor drainage. Small streams may also see rapid
rises.

Lat... Lon 3970 7615 3972 7578 3984 7564 3983 7547
      3980 7544 3963 7560 3960 7560 3960 7556
      3954 7555 3947 7559 3942 7553 3936 7552
      3940 7588 3938 7604 3944 7600 3956 7599
      3953 7600 3954 7608 3959 7613

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325 PM EDT Wed Jul 23 2008

... Flash Flood Watch now in effect through Thursday morning...

The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for

* portions of Delaware... northeast Maryland... New Jersey and
Pennsylvania... including the following areas... in Delaware...
Delaware beaches... inland Sussex... Kent and New Castle. In
northeast Maryland... Caroline... Cecil... Kent MD... Queen Annes
and Talbot. In New Jersey... Atlantic... Atlantic coastal Cape
May... Camden... Cape May... coastal Atlantic... coastal ocean...
Cumberland... eastern Monmouth... Gloucester... Hunterdon...
Mercer... Middlesex... Morris... northwestern Burlington...
ocean... Salem... Somerset... southeastern Burlington... Sussex...
Warren and western Monmouth. In Pennsylvania... Berks... Bucks...
Carbon... Chester... Delaware... Lehigh... Monroe... Montgomery...
Northampton and Philadelphia.

* Through Thursday morning

* a low pressure system to the northwest and a slow moving front
will focus showers and thunderstorms along it into Thursday
morning. The air mass in place is rich in moisture and any
thunderstorm can tap this moisture and will be capable of
producing enough rainfall to cause flash flooding. Rainfall
rates in excess of two inches per hour will occur across the
area. While this will not occur in all areas... storm total
amounts could exceed four inches within the watch area.
Cecil... New Castle... Chester... Montgomery and Bucks counties
are the most vulnerable counties as they received heavy rain
overnight. The heavy rain should be confined to New Jersey and
eastern Delaware by Thursday morning, but runoff problems might
persist into the morning in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
Stay away from any stream that is rising fast or flowing rapidly.
Do not drive your vehicle into any flooded area or around
barricaded roads.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued.

Forecast as of 3:32 PM EDT on July 23, 2008
Flash Flood Watch in effect through Thursday morning...

	Tonight Showers...thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall...large hail...frequent lightning and damaging winds this evening. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
	Thursday Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
	Thursday Night Partly cloudy in the evening...then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph... diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
	Friday Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
	Friday Night Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
	Saturday Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
	Saturday Night Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
	Sunday Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
	Sunday Night Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
	Monday Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
	Monday Night Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
	Tuesday Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
	Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
	Wednesday Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.