Tropical Storm Fay Moved Northward Through Central Jersey Friday Evening...Gusts Over 40 mph, 1 to 3 Inches of Rain...

A rare tropical storm moved into the New York City Tri-State area on Friday producing 1 to 3 inches of rain and wind gusts over 40 mph. The storm formed near the Gulf Stream off the coast of North Carolina. Instead of moving northeast like a lot of these storms do, an area of high pressure blocked the storm and kept it on a northerly track.  The storm was located in Central New Jersey early Friday evening.  The storm then dissipated as it moved into upstate New York.  Rainfall totals included:

New Jersey:

Teterboro Airport 2.62 in.   

Oakland 2.31 in.   

Tenafly 1.73 in.

West Orange 2.88 in.

Caldwell 2.75 in.

Weehawken 2.91 in.

Little Falls 2.96 in.

Newark Airport 2.68 in.

New York:

Harlem 2.56 in.

Hewlett 1.84 in.

New York 3.11 in.

Midtown Manhattan 2.96 in.

Central Park 2.43 in.

NYC/JFK Airport 2.31 in.

NYC/La Guardia 2.20 in.

Staten Island 2.48 in.

There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms today and tomorrow, but sunny, hot weather will return next week. Some of the graphics below came from the tropicaltidbits.com website. 

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. Visit our website at WrightWeather.com. Follow George Wright on Twitter @gwweather.