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NOT SUPRISING...

FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY1217 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-103>108-NYZ067>071-250630-/O.NEW.KOKX.FA.A.0001.110225T1200Z-110226T1300Z//00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-1217 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAYMORNING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD... NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... ORANGE...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2.0 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COULD FUTHER EXACERBATE RAPID WATER RISES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.* THE COMBINATION OF CURRENT SNOW PACK...FROZEN GROUND AND HIGH RAINFALL RATES COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING ON URBAN AREAS ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS SMALL STREAM FLOODING. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...DUE TO RAIN RUNOFF.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ONCURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BEALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TOFLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODINGDEVELOP.&&$$FIG

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The convention that is going come around and bring the strong winds down to the surface may not have much if any in the way of lightning as we are still in the cold season. Heavy rains will assocaite with the band as well with the damaging winds will come down on the surface. This type of events happen alot in the fall but sometimes happen in the winter too. Usually when taking the enter inland track. That is what happen instead of getting classic noreaster winter storm that brings snow to our area.

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The saving grace with this event is going to be that we torched last week. It's hard to imagine what would have happened if we still had 15"+ snowpack in all areas. Plus, that snow was loaded with water content. This is probably the first of many flood threats this season. As long as we remain in an active period, the rivers will rise and stay above normal for a long duration.

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...SYNOPSIS...

MODELS INDICATE THAT BLOCKING WILL REMAIN PROMINENT WITHIN THE UPPER

PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC...WITH DOWNSTREAM SPLIT FLOW

BROADLY CONFLUENT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AMERICA...AND RATHER STRONG

AND GENERALLY ZONAL ACROSS THE U.S. IN PARTICULAR. WITHIN THIS

REGIME A LARGE SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND EMBEDDED CLOSED LOW ARE PROGGED

TO CONTINUE DIGGING NEAR THE PACIFIC COAST FRIDAY...WHILE A

SIGNIFICANT DOWNSTREAM PERTURBATION RAPIDLY ACCELERATES EAST OF THE

OHIO VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.

...APPALACHIANS INTO ATLANTIC SEABOARD...

SUBSTANTIAL FURTHER DEEPENING OF THE CYCLONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE

LATTER FEATURE APPEARS PROBABLE AS IT MIGRATES NORTHEAST OF THE

UPPER OHIO VALLEY INTO AREAS OFF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST...AND

EVENTUALLY THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY

FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF LOW- AND MID-LEVEL WIND FIELDS THROUGH A

BROAD WARM SECTOR OVERSPREADING MUCH OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD...WITH

GUIDANCE SUGGESTING STRENGTHENING OF A SOUTHERLY 850 MB JET FROM 70

TO 90 KTS FROM THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO

AREAS EAST OF THE MID AND NORTHERN ATLANTIC COAST BY LATE FRIDAY

AFTERNOON.

STRONGEST DIVERGENCE ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH A COUPLED MID/UPPER JET

STRUCTURE IS PROGGED TO RAPIDLY SHIFT NORTHEAST OF THE CENTRAL

APPALACHIANS/UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION...ALONG

AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT...EARLY IN THE DAY. AS THIS

OCCURS...A WEAKENING PRE-COLD FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND NEAR THE

APPALACHIANS AT THE OUTSET OF THE FORECAST PERIOD PROBABLY WILL

WEAKEN FURTHER AS IT ADVANCES TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST. THIS BAND

APPEARS LIKELY TO PROGRESS ACROSS MID ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS FIRST

AROUND MIDDAY...THEN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN ATLANTIC

AND NORTHEASTERN GULF COASTAL AREAS.

CLEARING IN THE WAKE OF THIS INITIAL BAND MAY ALLOW A WINDOW OF

OPPORTUNITY FOR PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE HEATING AND RENEWED CONVECTIVE

DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM THE LEE OF THE CENTRAL

APPALACHIANS INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST...AIDED BY A

SECONDARY ZONE OF FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE

MID-LEVEL TROUGH AXIS. HOWEVER...SOMEWHAT MODEST BOUNDARY LAYER

MOISTENING AND WEAK LAPSE RATES WITHIN/ABOVE THE WARM SECTOR MAY BE

PROBLEMATIC WITH RESPECT TO DESTABILIZATION. IT IS NOT EVEN CLEAR

THAT THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BECOME SUPPORTIVE OF CONVECTION

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING...AND THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITIES

ALONG AND EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS IN GENERAL MAY NOT BE MUCH ABOVE

THE MINIMUM 10 PERCENT THRESHOLD FOR A THUNDER OUTLOOK.

REGARDLESS...GIVEN THE LARGE MAGNITUDE OF THE LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP

LAYER MEAN FLOW FIELDS...ANY WARM SECTOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAY

BE CAPABLE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DOWNWARD TRANSFER OF HIGHER

MOMENTUM AIR TO THE SURFACE. CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT OF SURFACE

GUSTS TO SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGING SPEEDS SEEMS LIKELY TO REMAIN RATHER

SPARSE IN COVERAGE...SO SEVERE PROBABILITIES BELOW SLIGHT RISK

LEVELS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED. BUT...THE THREAT AREA HAS BEEN

EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD.

..KERR.. 02/24/2011

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day2probotlk_1730_any.gif

...SYNOPSIS...

MODELS INDICATE THAT BLOCKING WILL REMAIN PROMINENT WITHIN THE UPPER

PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC...WITH DOWNSTREAM SPLIT FLOW

BROADLY CONFLUENT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AMERICA...AND RATHER STRONG

AND GENERALLY ZONAL ACROSS THE U.S. IN PARTICULAR. WITHIN THIS

REGIME A LARGE SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND EMBEDDED CLOSED LOW ARE PROGGED

TO CONTINUE DIGGING NEAR THE PACIFIC COAST FRIDAY...WHILE A

SIGNIFICANT DOWNSTREAM PERTURBATION RAPIDLY ACCELERATES EAST OF THE

OHIO VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.

...APPALACHIANS INTO ATLANTIC SEABOARD...

SUBSTANTIAL FURTHER DEEPENING OF THE CYCLONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE

LATTER FEATURE APPEARS PROBABLE AS IT MIGRATES NORTHEAST OF THE

UPPER OHIO VALLEY INTO AREAS OFF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST...AND

EVENTUALLY THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY

FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF LOW- AND MID-LEVEL WIND FIELDS THROUGH A

BROAD WARM SECTOR OVERSPREADING MUCH OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD...WITH

GUIDANCE SUGGESTING STRENGTHENING OF A SOUTHERLY 850 MB JET FROM 70

TO 90 KTS FROM THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO

AREAS EAST OF THE MID AND NORTHERN ATLANTIC COAST BY LATE FRIDAY

AFTERNOON.

STRONGEST DIVERGENCE ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH A COUPLED MID/UPPER JET

STRUCTURE IS PROGGED TO RAPIDLY SHIFT NORTHEAST OF THE CENTRAL

APPALACHIANS/UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION...ALONG

AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT...EARLY IN THE DAY. AS THIS

OCCURS...A WEAKENING PRE-COLD FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND NEAR THE

APPALACHIANS AT THE OUTSET OF THE FORECAST PERIOD PROBABLY WILL

WEAKEN FURTHER AS IT ADVANCES TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST. THIS BAND

APPEARS LIKELY TO PROGRESS ACROSS MID ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS FIRST

AROUND MIDDAY...THEN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN ATLANTIC

AND NORTHEASTERN GULF COASTAL AREAS.

CLEARING IN THE WAKE OF THIS INITIAL BAND MAY ALLOW A WINDOW OF

OPPORTUNITY FOR PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE HEATING AND RENEWED CONVECTIVE

DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM THE LEE OF THE CENTRAL

APPALACHIANS INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST...AIDED BY A

SECONDARY ZONE OF FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE

MID-LEVEL TROUGH AXIS. HOWEVER...SOMEWHAT MODEST BOUNDARY LAYER

MOISTENING AND WEAK LAPSE RATES WITHIN/ABOVE THE WARM SECTOR MAY BE

PROBLEMATIC WITH RESPECT TO DESTABILIZATION. IT IS NOT EVEN CLEAR

THAT THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BECOME SUPPORTIVE OF CONVECTION

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING...AND THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITIES

ALONG AND EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS IN GENERAL MAY NOT BE MUCH ABOVE

THE MINIMUM 10 PERCENT THRESHOLD FOR A THUNDER OUTLOOK.

REGARDLESS...GIVEN THE LARGE MAGNITUDE OF THE LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP

LAYER MEAN FLOW FIELDS...ANY WARM SECTOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAY

BE CAPABLE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DOWNWARD TRANSFER OF HIGHER

MOMENTUM AIR TO THE SURFACE. CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT OF SURFACE

GUSTS TO SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGING SPEEDS SEEMS LIKELY TO REMAIN RATHER

SPARSE IN COVERAGE...SO SEVERE PROBABILITIES BELOW SLIGHT RISK

LEVELS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED. BUT...THE THREAT AREA HAS BEEN

EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD.

..KERR.. 02/24/2011

While what is being said here would imply Severe storms are unlikely, it is vomit worthy that we are in February still and I have to even read about anything to do with severe T-Storms. I know some people get excited over stuff like this and so do I, in June-August, not now. Seeing it discussed now just sickens me.

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Whoa, now that's a hell of a gradient!

I feel bad for those guys near Boston. Nothing sucks worse than getting a few inches of snow and then having it all washed away. I'd rather get 0 snow then 4" of snow only to see it all gone a few hours later.

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from the philly thread, walt drag on the wind threat

TU drexel hill on the threads. on wind...imo this will be significantly worse between noon and 9 PM Friday...convective gusts of 50-60 knots appear realistic in the lines of remaining midday/aftn instability. everything i am seeing thru the 18z runs from tghe ec/gfs/nam says tstms with svr wind. then i think we will see a few minutes of nw gusts of 45 to 55 kts at many locations along and se of I95 between 4 pm and 7 P as the strong cold front pushes thru with asstd 10mb pres rises in 3 hrs and temps dropping 10-18 degs within an hr. presuming this expectation of convection and momentum transfer is correct...then it will be notably MUCH stronger than last saturday with resultant many trees and wires down with asstd power outages. the rest you can conjecture. this is based on hi wind composites/transfer programs/richardson numbers and internal mxg ht gust transfer tools. liklihood for convection between noon and 5P and I think PHL will have its strong cfp ard 5PM... am going to lower temps susbantially at 7 pm tomorrow. the warmer its is above MOS guidance during midday tomorrow the stronger the wind. wd
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