Rain Gonna Fall: Flash Flood Watch Tonight into Tuesday
Thank you Max. This made me think of you .... from the Sunday Review section of the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/opinion/sunday/the-great-victorian-climate-debate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Rain continuing through the morning. Tapering off by early afternoon to showers with a possible thunderstorm. Flood watch continues into the afternoon.
Been bumped from three flights already today. Not seeing the weather. Not happy.
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Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1256 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
...HEAVY RAIN ON TUESDAY COULD CAUSE URBAN FLOODING...
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
1256 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH:
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE COULD
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF CAUSING URBAN FLASH
FLOODING IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.
* RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 3
INCHES AND HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR...ARE EXPECTED. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE WIDESPREAD...URBAN AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
COULD EXPERIENCE DISRUPTIVE IMPACTS.
* DESPITE DRY CONDITIONS...SOME FAST-RESPONDING SMALL STREAMS IN
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY COULD APPROACH BANK FULL IF DIRECTLY
IMPACTED. LARGER STREAMS AND MAIN STEM RIVERS SHOULD NOT
EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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NWS Local Forecast:
Tonight
A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm
after midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around
69. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New
rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy
rain. High near 82. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22
mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three
quarters and one inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of
showers between 8pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.