The latest briefing from the National Weather Service has pushed our tide concerns further on Sunday and Monday. At tonight’s high tide they are calling for minor flooding as is Tomorrow mornings High Tide. As every high tide passes by with the NE Winds blowing while the storm is off the coast the tides will be compounding. Today’s low tide was about a foot higher than yesterday thus the next high tide will be that much higher. Today’s tide was 5.01 feet with no flooding. The tides will progressive get higher with the tides of Concern being the Sunday Evening High Tide with moderate flooding of 7.5 to 8.5 feet. Monday Morning they are calling for Moderate to Major flooding at 8.5 to 9.0 feet, and now they are continuing the flooding into Monday night projecting moderate flooding at 7.5 to 8.5 feet. The rain has been reduced to 1 to 3 inches Sunday into Monday. This all subject to change and is based on the National Hurricane Centers projected route of the storm. The NWS latest updates are available for all to read and can be obtained by following the link on this page (left hand column marked NWS EMERGENCY MANAGERS BRIEFING) or if you subscribed to the updates of this page and are reading this in an email follow this link. Also if you have a chance visit the National Hurricane Center website as the path of the storm will determine the severity of the tidal flooding.
