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AGUS71 KTAR 151743
HMDTAR
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER...TAUNTON...MA
1243 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION:
:
FRIGID AIR REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE NORTHEAST.
:
THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE VERY COLD WEATHER DURING THE NEXT TWO
DAYS...WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS
ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK COASTS TO MINUS 40
DEGREES F IN NORTHERN MAINE. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY BY
SUNDAY BUT WILL NOT EXCEED FREEZING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
:
A QUICKLY MOVING STORM BROUGHT LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING TO THE
SOUTHERN COAST OF NEW ENGLAND...METRO NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND.
THE STORM WILL EXIT THE REGION BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LEAVE
APPROXIMATELY 0.10 INCHES, OR LESS, OF WATER EQUIVALENT BEHIND IT
.
:
AN INCREASING NUMBER OF NERFC RIVER FORECAST LOCATIONS ARE
AFFECTED BY ICE. STAGES MAY VARY WIDELY DUE TO ICE AND IN GENERAL
RIVER FLOWS WILL RECEDE THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
:
PRECIPITATION SUMMARY:
:
THE STORM NOW BRINGING LIGHT SNOW TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
BROUGHT LIGHT SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK LAST NIGHT.
ACCORDING TO THIS MORNING`S COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS LIQUID
EQUIVALENTS OF THE LIGHT SNOW WERE 0.15 INCHES OR LESS. TODAY THE
STORM WILL BRING LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT IN
THE FORM OF SNOW TO WESTERN CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, AND
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
:
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ARE FORECAST IN
THE SNOWBELT OF NEW YORK...WITH LIQUID EQUIVALENTS LESS THAN 0.10
INCHES.
:
HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS:
:
RIVER ICE IS EXPECTED TO THICKEN OR DEVELOP WITH ARCTIC AIR
BUILDING OVER THE REGION. RIVER GAGE READINGS MAY BE INACCURATE AT
LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE ICE.
:
ADDITIONAL WATER AND WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON
THE NWS/NERFC HOME PAGE AT http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/nerfc
:
FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THE NORTHEAST -- 3 HOUR GUIDANCE BY STATE
AND COUNTIES WITH LOWEST GUIDANCE VALUES:
NEW YORK 1.7 - 4.5 INCH NIAGARA
VERMONT 2.6 - 4.0 INCH ERN FRANKLIN
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.7 - 4.1 INCH INTR ROCKINGHAM
MAINE 2.6 - 4.2 INCH CSTL HANCOCK
CONNECTICUT 2.0 - 3.7 INCH SRN FAIRFIELD SRN NEW HAVEN
MASSACHUSETTS 2.0 - 4.0 INCH ERN PLYMOUTH
RHODE ISLAND 2.0 - 2.9 INCH SERN PROVIDENCE ERN KENT
$$
:
NERFC/ECON
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AGUS71 KTAR 141708
HMDTAR
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER...TAUNTON...MA
1208 PM EST WED JAN 14 2009
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION:
:
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT...BRINGING SNOW...SOME HEAVY...FROM WESTERN NEW YORK STATE
INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT TRACKED
CLOSE TO CAPE COD PRODUCED RAIN IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
:
ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTH OF
THE AREA...BUT WILL BRING SNOW TO SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN WESTERN NEW YORK
AFTER THE LOW PASSES EASTWARD.
:
PRECIPITATION SUMMARY:
:
LAKE EFFECT SNOW PRODUCED LIQUID EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS AROUND ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH IN WESTERN NEW YORK. NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN
THIS AREA GENERALLY RANGED FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES...WITH A FEW
HIGHER TOTALS TO THE EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO.
:
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT TRACKED NEAR CAPE COD BROUGHT RAIN TO
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. PRECIPITATION
TOTALS RANGED FROM LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH TO THE WEST TO
JUST OVER ONE THIRD OF AN INCH ON CAPE COD. THE HIGHEST REPORTED
PRECIPITATION TOTAL IN THE NORTHEAST WAS 0.37 INCH AT CHATHAM...MA
.
:
THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH
THURSDAY WILL BRING SNOW TO SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND. LIQUID EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS WILL RANGE TO JUST OVER ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH.
:
HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS:
:
RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD STEADY OR SLOWLY DECREASE FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK. RIVER ICE IS EXPECTED TO THICKEN OR DEVELOP
WITH ARCTIC AIR BUILDING OVER THE REGION. RIVER GAGE READINGS MAY
BE INACCURATE AT LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE ICE.
:
ADDITIONAL WATER AND WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON
THE NWS/NERFC HOME PAGE AT http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/nerfc
:
FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THE NORTHEAST -- 3 HOUR GUIDANCE BY STATE
AND COUNTIES WITH LOWEST GUIDANCE VALUES:
NEW YORK 1.7 - 4.4 INCH NIAGARA
VERMONT 2.5 - 3.8 INCH ERN FRANKLIN
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.7 - 4.0 INCH INTR ROCKINGHAM
MAINE 2.5 - 4.2 INCH CSTL HANCOCK
CONNECTICUT 2.0 - 3.7 INCH SRN FAIRFIELD SRN NEW HAVEN
MASSACHUSETTS 1.9 - 4.0 INCH ERN PLYMOUTH
RHODE ISLAND 1.9 - 2.9 INCH SERN PROVIDENCE ERN KENT
$$
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NERFC/OUELLET
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AGUS71 KTAR 131724
HMDTAR
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER...TAUNTON...MA
1224 PM EST TUE JAN 13 2009
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION:
:
VERY COLD AIR TO ENTER INTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES DURING
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
:
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING
SNOW...SOME HEAVY...TO WESTERN NEW YORK STATE AND EASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE FRONT ALONG WITH LOW PRESSURE TRACKING
CLOSE TO CAPE COD WILL BRING RAIN...WITH SNOW MIXED IN...TO
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. BEHIND THE FRONT IS THE COLDEST AIR
SO FAR THIS WINTER SEASON.
:
PRECIPITATION SUMMARY:
:
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW OCCURRED DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS EAST OF
LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. THE MAXIMUM LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF SNOW WAS
MEASURED EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO AT LACONIA...NEW YORK...WHERE 0.31
INCHES WAS MEASURED.
:
LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF THE PRECIPITATION DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS
SHOULD BE 0.25 INCHES OR LESS. THE MAXIMUM DEPTHS ARE FORECAST TO
OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND FROM WESTERN NEW YORK
TO NORTHERN MAINE. IN BETWEEN...BASINS ARE FORECAST TO RECEIVE
LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES.
:
HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS:
:
RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD STEADY OR SLOWLY DECREASE FOR
THE REMAINING PART OF THE WEEK. EXCEPT IN LOCATIONS OF ICE
ACCRETION...WHERE SUDDEN RISES ARE POSSIBLE. RIVER ICE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND THICKEN OVER THIS WEEK...POSSIBLY AS FAR
SOUTH AS THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
STATE.
:
ADDITIONAL WATER AND WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON
THE NWS/NERFC HOME PAGE AT http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/nerfc
:
FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THE NORTHEAST -- 3 HOUR GUIDANCE BY STATE
AND COUNTIES WITH LOWEST GUIDANCE VALUES:
NEW YORK 1.7 - 4.4 INCH NIAGARA WAYNE
VERMONT 2.5 - 3.8 INCH ERN FRANKLIN
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.7 - 4.0 INCH INTR ROCKINGHAM
MAINE 2.6 - 4.2 INCH CSTL HANCOCK
CONNECTICUT 2.0 - 3.7 INCH SRN FAIRFIELD SRN NEW HAVEN
MASSACHUSETTS 2.0 - 4.0 INCH ERN PLYMOUTH
RHODE ISLAND 2.0 - 2.9 INCH SERN PROVIDENCE ERN KENT
$$
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NERFC/ECON
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