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lrene's Heavy Rain Impacts in PHL 8/29 - 8/31


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Mt Holly thinking we may flood before the flood.

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...

INVERTED TROUGH MD TO NE PA NOW AND HEAVY CONVECTION DEVELOPING.

THINK A PREDECESSOR RAIN MAY BE FORMING... BIG TIME RRQ 250 JET

DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND BIG PWAT AIR LAYING IN ACROSS E PA. MAY

MODIFY FCST FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FASTER FLOOD WATCH FOR E PA W NJ MD

AND DEL. MOVEMENT VERY SLOW THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. IF THIS

CONVECTION DOESNT DIE BY 9PM... FF PROBLEMS MAY BE DEVELOPING

OVERNIGHT. WILL CK AGAIN AROUND 8P. ZONES UPDATED AROUND 505P.

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Mt Holly thinking we may flood before the flood.

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...

INVERTED TROUGH MD TO NE PA NOW AND HEAVY CONVECTION DEVELOPING.

THINK A PREDECESSOR RAIN MAY BE FORMING... BIG TIME RRQ 250 JET

DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND BIG PWAT AIR LAYING IN ACROSS E PA. MAY

MODIFY FCST FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FASTER FLOOD WATCH FOR E PA W NJ MD

AND DEL. MOVEMENT VERY SLOW THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. IF THIS

CONVECTION DOESNT DIE BY 9PM... FF PROBLEMS MAY BE DEVELOPING

OVERNIGHT. WILL CK AGAIN AROUND 8P. ZONES UPDATED AROUND 505P.

They've been howling all week on that threat. Props to them. Mt.holly storm already dropped close to an inch there per radar estimates

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i wonder if this thing comes in further west like through millville or across the bay...euro,ggem, ukmet all have west landfalls which would be bad for the sure and extra bad for the city.

From a flood standpoint I don't think it matters unless it goes 50 miles east of the coast. It's going to be bad.

Winds won't be terrible inland...they will be bad but hurricane sustained won't happen in the city...I even doubt it gusts much above 60.

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From a flood standpoint I don't think it matters unless it goes 50 miles east of the coast. It's going to be bad.

Winds won't be terrible inland...they will be bad but hurricane sustained won't happen in the city...I even doubt it gusts much above 60.

even if this comes west and tracks over nj, further west than the nhc track has it?

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Doesn't the heaviest rain usually fall west of the hurricane in Northeast? (e.g. Floyd, Jeanne's remnants). Is it possible that a track over Philly increases the wind but cuts back on the excessive rainfall totals? Or am I out to lunch?

i wonder if this thing comes in further west like through millville or across the bay...euro,ggem, ukmet all have west landfalls which would be bad for the sure and extra bad for the city.

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Doesn't the heaviest rain usually fall west of the hurricane in Northeast? (e.g. Floyd, Jeanne's remnants). Is it possible that a track over Philly increases the wind but cuts back on the excessive rainfall totals? Or am I out to lunch?

i think if it still passes over us we get clobbered with rain, jersey though would be spared but further west wouldn't.

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even if this comes west and tracks over nj, further west than the nhc track has it?

tracks farther west it's over land longer...that works against it as well.

Given the way it looks it might very well be a halfacane when it gets here and probably 75-80 mph "max" winds just east of the center.

The eye would have to go west of the city and haul a-- for them to get 'cane force, IMO.

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i think if it still passes over us we get clobbered with rain, jersey though would be spared but further west wouldn't.

If a tropical hurricane goes through you, you will get more rain than those on the left and right (on average). For Floyd and Jeanne and others that are transitioning to extratropical and being absorbed into a mid-latitude trough, the rain shield can be weighted to the left moreso than the right, although the center still gets clobbered.

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Curious what MARFC does on their next update for river forecasts (9-10 pm tonight)?

Their AM update had moderate flooding on the Schuylkill in Philadelphia, but their precip map was updated at 2 pm and showed 9-10" of rain over the City and just east, which I would imagine might up the flooding forecast

See http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/marfc/

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If a tropical hurricane goes through you, you will get more rain than those on the left and right (on average). For Floyd and Jeanne and others that are transitioning to extratropical and being absorbed into a mid-latitude trough, the rain shield can be weighted to the left moreso than the right, although the center still gets clobbered.

Actually usually the highest totals will be left of the track. Rainfall is usually lighter along the track itself.

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Can I ask a question? Will the storm surge be larger than a normal tropical storm due to the fact that this was a cat 3 at one point and its sheer size?

I don't know if it having been cat 3 will matter since it will have been quite some time and distance ago by the time it arrives. The size will make a difference though (larger surge).

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