Latest Forecast, Timing For Tropical Storm Fay In Pennsylvania

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA — Tropical Storm Fay will move over Eastern Pennsylvania Friday, bringing heavy rain, wind, and severe thunderstorms. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for the region. As much as 4 inches of rain could fall throughout the day, forecasters predict.

The storm is currently located off the Mid-Atlantic coast and is forecast to move northward along the Jersey Shore Friday, reaching New York City later at night.

Fay will bring tropical storm conditions to the entire region; a Tropical Storm Warning is in place along the Jersey Shore. It should clear out of the region by Saturday, when a slight chance of lingering thunderstorms exists.

It became a tropical storm Friday afternoon off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, The Weather Channel said. The storm was currently has 50-mph sustained winds and is moving at a forward speed of 10 mph, according to AccuWeather.

It is the sixth-named storm in the Atlantic this year.

"Impacts from Fay will extend across parts of the Mid-Atlantic into Southern New England including moderate to locally heavy rainfall and flash flood potential near and north of its track, gusty winds, and rough surf along the coast," according to the latest information from the National Weather Service.

Here is the storm timing:

Here is the hour-by-hour forecast for the storm:

FRIDAY

• 10 a.m. - 75 degrees, rain
• 11 a.m. - 75 degrees, thunderstorms
• 12 p.m. - 75 degrees, thunderstorms
• 1 p.m. - 75 degrees, thunderstorms
• 2 p.m. - 75 degrees, thunderstorms
• 3 p.m. - 74 degrees, thunderstorms
• 4 p.m. - 75 degrees, thunderstorms
• 5 p.m. - 74 degrees, thunderstorms
• 6 p.m. - 75 degrees, thunderstorms
• 7 p.m. - 75 degrees, thunderstorms
• 8 p.m. - 75 degrees, thunderstorms
• 9 p.m. - 73 degrees, rain
• 10 p.m. - 73 degrees, rain
• 11 p.m. - 73 degrees, showers

SATURDAY

• 12 a.m. - 72 degrees, showers
• 1 a.m. - 72 degrees, showers
• 2 a.m. - 72 degrees, showers
• 3 a.m. - 72 degrees, few showers
• 4 a.m. - 71 degrees, partly cloudy
• 5 a.m. - 71 degrees, partly cloudy

Saturday afternoon forecast: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday evening forecast: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.