Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Atlantic North

A severe thunderstorm produced estimated wind gusts of around 50 knots (58 mph) in Wildwood.

A low pressure system that formed off the Carolina coast on the 6th meandered slowly northeast into the 10th before it started to retrograde toward the Delaware and New Jersey coasts the night of the 10th. The low pressure system moved into Delaware Bay and made landfall in Delaware during the morning of the 11th. From there it slowly weakened as it moved into the Delaware River Valley later on the 11th into the 12th. The pressure gradient (difference) caused by a high pressure system over eastern New England and the Canadian Maritimes and the low pressure produced strong northeast winds that peaked during the first half of the day on the 11th. The ocean waters in the nearby Atlantic were still relatively warm and permitted thunderstorms to develop. The thunderstorms moved west with the surface low and exacerbated the already strong gradient winds when they occurred during the morning of the 11th.