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June 5th MCS/Convection Discussion


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It has been spoken about for days. Now that we're inside of 24 hours the models are starting to come into better agreement on where the heaviest rains fall. The NAM is indicating a chance of ~2.00" of rain in less than 6 hours and an isolated chance of 3"+ in under 6 hours. Upton has also indicated a chance of 1" per hour rates if the warm front can track close enough to the region.

 

Although severe chances look to be meager at best given the further south track of the low, flash flooding may become a problem and has the potential to cause widespread problems during tomorrow mornings commute.

 

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I'm a bit worried but the surface low is forecasted to pass over southern NJ and then south of Long Island. Hard to believe that we wouldn't get a good soaking with that setup.

 

The 06z RGEM has it down to 999mb by 18z Thursday.

I am not sold on the entire metro seeing rainfall over 1 inch on this - as that wxbell map ( copyrighted ?) shows the heavier rain is concentrated across parts of northern NJ

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I am not sold on the entire metro seeing rainfall over 1 inch on this - as that wxbell map ( copyrighted ?) shows the heavier rain is concentrated across parts of northern NJ

The stuff currently crossing into northern Ohio is what most models have rolling through. We should know by evening what to expect. The NAM has the convection strengthening right as the surface low exists the coast. The Canadian has also been all over this. The globals haven't exactly been stellar with regards to convection this Spring. Going to be interesting to start watching the HRRR this afternoon.

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12Z GFS continues to lower precip totals for tomorrow - I think someone will see heavier precip then the GFS is advertising BUT I think some areas will see much less similar to yesterday when some folks saw 3 drops and others close to an inch

 

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/sample/sample.shtml?text=kewr

The fact that the models still seem to be varying greatly, even from run to run definitely raises an eyebrow, but look at the current radar over the Ohio Valley. That's a fairly substantial rain shield.

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You know the weather is dull when a half an inch of rain is being talked about like it matters.

Then again the only interesting weather this time of year is convection or the occasional tropical threat, and I'll throw in a good heat wave. We are going 0 for 3 through mid month most likely.

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You know the weather is dull when a half an inch of rain is being talked about like it matters.

Then again the only interesting weather this time of year is convection or the occasional tropical threat, and I'll throw in a good heat wave. We are going 0 for 3 through mid month most likely.

Only a half inch of rain would be a pretty big bust.

 

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Im still giving any severe chances late tonight into early tommorow morning an under 10% chance until your south of NYC regardless of what the ECMWF is showing. In the end this will just be a nice overnight rainfall, unless some substantial changes happen CNJ on southward are in the severe and we'll just be getting plain rain with embedded thunder IMO

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You know the weather is dull when a half an inch of rain is being talked about like it matters.

Then again the only interesting weather this time of year is convection or the occasional tropical threat, and I'll throw in a good heat wave. We are going 0 for 3 through mid month most likely.

After winter and up to november we go into a convective graveyard, save for some rogue severe storms away from the coastal areas. During late spring, summer and early autumn. Severe weather is a true rarity east of NYC on the south shore of LI, city limits can do pretty good but more often than not heat waves take precendence over storms during the summer

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I think WPC has the right idea here - just a general .50 - 1.00 qpf across the area - no big deal - very little flooding if any once you take the convection out of the equation chances for flooding rains decreases in this situation

 

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_94qwbg.gif

Do you see the bullseye of ~1.50" totals near NYC?

 

Also you need to take into account duration which looks to be around 6-8 hours.

 

PWAT's close to 2" and a sub 1000mb surface low tracking just south of NYC. Recipe for convection and heavy rain.

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HPC bullseye 1.25 - 1.50 NYC AREA 

where do you see 1.50 ? I see an x with 1.30 near NYC and that area is really tiny - like I said earlier the rainfall amounts will vary across the region IMO and the general totals from NJ through LI and points north and east will be like their map shows .50 to 1.00 - 1.30 will be the exception for a small area and there is no guarantee that area will be exactly where they are showing it now

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where do you see 1.50 ? I see an x with 1.30 near NYC and that area is really tiny - like I said earlier the rainfall amounts will vary across the region IMO and the general totals from NJ through LI and points north and east will be like their map shows .50 to 1.00 - 1.30 will be the exception for a small area and there is no guarantee that area will be exactly where they are showing it now

You're making this out to be a pedestrian event and that's far from the truth. If that ends up happening it will have been a major bust.

 

The Euro is in its deadly range. It's showing >1" panels which it rarely does.

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You're making this out to be a pedestrian event and that's far from the truth. If that ends up happening it will have been a major bust.

 

The Euro is in its deadly range. It's showing >1" panels which it rarely does.

time will tell if the pedestrians will be just a little inconvenienced tomorrow morn or there will be major headaches - but I suspect those major headaches will be confined to a small area - that area is still in question IMO - have to also remember its been quite dry around here the last few weeks the ground will be able to soak up alot of the heavier rain quickly thats why I am saying no flooding except for your normal poor drainage areas i'll let you know if my sump pump goes crazy or not tomorrow morning

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