HEAVY RAIN INTO FRIDAY NIGHT .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTH INTO UPSTATE NEW YORK BY THIS EVENING. A SECONDARY LOW WILL THEN TRACK FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST THIS EVENING...INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BY FRIDAY EVENING. THESE TWO STORMS WILL SPREAD TROPICAL MOISTURE UP THE COAST...WHICH WHEN ACTED ON BY THE LOWS...RESULTS IN THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA.
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...BERGEN... EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND
WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM... QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK. * THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT * LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTH FROM NORTH CAROLINA INTO UPSTATE NEW YORK TODAY...WITH A SECONDARY LOW TRACKING FROM THE
SOUTHEAST COAST TONIGHT...TO OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI- STATE ON FRIDAY. A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL TRANSPORT TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE LOWS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN. * RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO AND ONE HALF TO FOUR AND ONE HALF INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE TRI-STATE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE MAINLY FROM NEW YORK CITY ON WEST...WITH THIS AXIS SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SHARP RISES OF FAST RESPONDING RIVERS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION...THE INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A
FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && MALOIT
Flood Warning for Westchester, NY NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 423 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010
HIGH WINDS TO DEVELOP TODAY .A WARM FRONT OVER THE AREA WILL ROTATE TO THE NORTHWEST TODAY AND STALL TO THE WEST OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG THIS FRONT. AT THE SAME TIME...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC. THE TWO SYSTEMS WILL CREATE A CORRIDOR OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT AS THE FRONT TRACKS EAST AGAIN THROUGH THE REGION. NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN
FAIRFIELD- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-HUDSON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 423 AM EDT THU
SEP 30 2010
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS UPGRADED THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND STEADILY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON...LASTING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. &&
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 705 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010
NYZ071-302015- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 705 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY
TODAY PERIODS OF RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. WINDY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT.
TONIGHT RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. WINDY AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100
PERCENT.
FRIDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. LESS HUMID WITH HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
FRIDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 50. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
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