Post by Bennett D. Ebberly on Oct 27, 2003 17:36:55 GMT -5
Update: Heavy Rain Drenches East
2PM EDT, October 26, 2003
By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Justin Consor
Many easterners were awakening to a very wet Monday as a fetch of very moist air from the Gulf and Atlantic interacted with a slow-moving cold front.
Flood watches were in effect through Monday evening from eastern parts of Pennsylvania and New York into western Massachusetts and Connecticut and much of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
As of early Monday afternoon, several locations in the AWS WeatherNet had already picked up over 2" of rainfall since midnight, including Pottsville Area High School in central Pennsylvania (2.3") and Mountain View High School in Haymarket, VA (2.8").
Final storm totals 1 to 3" of rainfall (with locally higher amounts) is expected from the Carolinas into the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. The rain is expected to move off the east coast by late Monday night.
For many locations in the northeast and mid-Atlantic, October had been the first month with below normal rainfall since January. However that is not likely remain the case after this storm`s drenching is finished.
In addition to the flooding potential, isolated severe storms are a concern in coastal areas of the mid-Atlantic through Monday evening. Damaging winds are the main threat.
The cold front responsible for all the heavy rain and thunderstorms was also causing rapid temperature shifts as it edged eastward. Several AWS WeatherNet stations saw temperatures drop at a rate of 8 to 10 degrees per hour - Damascus in northeast Pennsylvania and La Plata in southern Maryland amongst them.
2PM EDT, October 26, 2003
By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Justin Consor
Many easterners were awakening to a very wet Monday as a fetch of very moist air from the Gulf and Atlantic interacted with a slow-moving cold front.
Flood watches were in effect through Monday evening from eastern parts of Pennsylvania and New York into western Massachusetts and Connecticut and much of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
As of early Monday afternoon, several locations in the AWS WeatherNet had already picked up over 2" of rainfall since midnight, including Pottsville Area High School in central Pennsylvania (2.3") and Mountain View High School in Haymarket, VA (2.8").
Final storm totals 1 to 3" of rainfall (with locally higher amounts) is expected from the Carolinas into the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. The rain is expected to move off the east coast by late Monday night.
For many locations in the northeast and mid-Atlantic, October had been the first month with below normal rainfall since January. However that is not likely remain the case after this storm`s drenching is finished.
In addition to the flooding potential, isolated severe storms are a concern in coastal areas of the mid-Atlantic through Monday evening. Damaging winds are the main threat.
The cold front responsible for all the heavy rain and thunderstorms was also causing rapid temperature shifts as it edged eastward. Several AWS WeatherNet stations saw temperatures drop at a rate of 8 to 10 degrees per hour - Damascus in northeast Pennsylvania and La Plata in southern Maryland amongst them.