The National Weather Service issued a Coastal Flood Advisory in effect from 8 p.m. Wednesday (April 30) through 4 a.m. Thursday (May 1). High tide at the Ninth Street Bridge in Ocean City occurs at 10 p.m. Wednesday, and residents may want to consider moving vehicles from flood-prone streets. A flood advisory was also in effect for Tuesday — when a new moon tide coincided with the arrival of a slow-moving storm.
Heavy rain is expected to continue Wednesday night, and gusty east winds have been blowing for two days.
The rain is expected to clear by Friday, and the Saturday forecast for Ocean City’s Spring Block Party calls for sunny skies and a high temperature of 60 degrees.
Martin Z. Mollusk, Ocean City’s prognosticating hermit crab, however, may have his work cut out for him on Thursday (May 1), when he’s expected to see his shadow and predict an early summer. The annual event will move inside the Ocean City Music Pier in the event of rain.
