Tropical Storm Jose tracks closer toward East Coast

As Tropical Storm Jose moves north, one thing is certain: Delmarva will be getting some wind.

Jeff Orrock, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia, said the storm will arrive in the region late Monday into Tuesday.

Winds will arrive in the region with the storm Monday afternoon and into Tuesday, he said, with gusts up to 35 miles per hour.

"The main thing is there will be some rip currents this weekend, so that’s probably the main concern," he said. "It’s not going to be windy this weekend, but we will see some swells. The rip currents will be high and dangerous."

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Coastal flooding, too, will be a concern from high tides coming in to the ocean area. Orrock said the storm will be more of a coastal event.

There will not be a lot of rain because Delmarva will only be on the western edge of the storm.

"If I had to pick a day it would be the wettest it would be Tuesday, and Wednesday as the storm goes north of us it will dry off," he said. "As long as it stays east it won’t impact us too badly."

The tracks for the storm keep it off the shore, he said, although it could shift west toward the mainland as it heads north.

But most of the tracks have it heading northeast, where it will stay on a straight northern path as it moves off Delmarva.

"I think right now the fact it is going to turn north and stay offshore," he said. "The question is how close will it come to the shore."

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