Updated Aug. 2, 2026, 10:57 a.m. ET
North Jersey may see repeated showers and thunderstorms by Aug. 3, bringing heavy rainfall and the potential for flash flooding.
Rain possibilities will enhance within the afternoon on Aug. 2, however the higher likelihood for thunderstorms will come at evening and all through the day on Aug. 3, stated Brian Ciemnecki, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in New York.
“The main threat with this rain is going to be the potential for flooding,” Ciemnecki stated.
About three-quarters of an inch is anticipated throughout the area, though thunderstorms and heavy downpours may produce greater totals in some areas.
The forecast applies to all the North Jersey area, which faces a posh climate system with each a heat entrance and a chilly entrance. That will hold the area cloudy and be laborious to predict, Ciemnecki stated. Forecasters have been unsure the place the heaviest rain will fall.
There’s a slight danger of extreme rainfall on Aug. 3, a Level 2 on the Weather Prediction Center’s four-level scale. That means forecasters will be looking out for scattered flash flooding. Residents in locations that flood ought to look ahead to future alerts.
“If they are in an area that’s prone to flooding, they should certainly be weather aware and be cognizant that heavy rain could lead to flooding,” Ciemnecki stated.
Thunderstorms are most probably within the afternoon on Aug. 3, he stated.
“We have to watch where these heavy rain bands set up, if they even set up over northern New Jersey,” Ciemnecki stated.
That uncertainty means one city may see heavy rainfall whereas a close-by neighborhood sees a lot much less. There’s at the moment no want to change plans, however residents ought to examine circumstances earlier than heading out into quickly altering climate.
While tornadoes and heavy wind gusts aren’t anticipated to be a widespread downside, a extreme thunderstorm may produce damaging gusts.
“You could get wind gusts as much as 60 miles an hour in some of the strongest storms. But It’s not the primary threat with this event. The primary threat’s going to be the potential for flooding,” Ciemnecki stated.
The rain ought to gradual within the night on Aug. 3. Drier circumstances are anticipated on Aug. 4. Rain will choose up once more mid-week.
High temperatures will stay within the low to mid-80s with in a single day lows within the higher 60s to decrease 70s due to the cloud cowl.
