NJ to be soaked by remnants of Patricia

Still the winds with these showers are expected to gust to 30 miles per hour at times with stronger speeds in the mountains (40-50 miles per hour above 3,000 feet elevation). It shows the greatest concentration from Mississippi to Lake Erie and a separate band of heavy rain near the East Coast. This front most likely will push out of our area by Monday.

“There will be localized flooding in Houston, primarily street flooding”, she said.

Oddly the gusty wind field around Pat’s passage (and let’s be frank, Patricia is a mere bag of rain and wind now, not a full fledged tropical storm or hurricane) is what will play havoc with our suddenly brilliant fall foliage. Brittany Rainville, a spokeswoman for the county, said officials believed many residents in the peninsula would probably not follow that order since they are accustomed to flooding and usually wait it out.

Water levels in the Buffalo Bayou rose high enough in Houston Sunday morning to nearly completely submerge a gazebo in someone’s yard. While it may not be raining all day long, several rounds of steady rain can be expected. With the recent rains, Dallas-Fort Worth global Airport has now seen 46.64 inches of rain in 2015, making it the seventh wettest year on record there.

There was also a waterspout reported Saturday off the coast of Galveston and two reported tornadoes in Brazoria County. The good news is for the most part the Breeder’s Cup look mainly dry. That should bring sunny weather back to the area for the end of the week, though another system may spread clouds and rain our way over the weekend. Rainfall rates will exceed 2 inches per hour at times, leading to flash flooding.