☀️ Delmarva Afternoon Update — Thursday, August 13, 2026
What's Changed Since This Morning: No meaningful changes have emerged this afternoon: Delmarva remains dry with no organized SPC severe-weather risk over the sampled points today.
Current Severe Weather Picture: SPC maintains no organized convective risk across the sampled Delmarva points for Day 1. For Day 2, a General Thunderstorms Risk includes Cape Charles and Chincoteague, Virginia; Dover and Lewes, Delaware; and Ocean City and Salisbury, Maryland. This is not a Marginal or Slight severe-weather outlook; it signals general thunder potential as a cold front continues sinking south through Friday.
Active Watches & Warnings: No active Delmarva watches or warnings at this time.
Through Tonight: Sun remains the dominant theme this afternoon, with rain chances at 0–5% from Cambridge, Salisbury, and Chincoteague north through Wilmington and Lewes. Highs range from 86°F at Ocean City and Chincoteague to 91°F at Salisbury, with Wilmington near 88°F, Dover and Cambridge near 89°F, and Georgetown near 90°F. Northwest winds are generally 5–10 mph, while Ocean City has a southwest wind near 8 mph and Chincoteague a west wind near 10 mph.
Tonight stays mostly dry with increasing humidity ahead of higher shower and thunderstorm chances Friday afternoon through Friday night. Spotty minor tidal flooding is possible during the Thursday evening high tide along the Atlantic coast, Delaware Bay, and tidal Delaware River; this is tidal flooding, not rainfall flooding.
Bottom Line: A quiet, sunny Thursday afternoon continues across Delmarva, with the next more widespread weather chance arriving Friday.
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