***PORTIONS OF UPSTATE NY & PA RECEIVED CERTAIN LEVELS OF FLASH FLOODING*** FROM YESTERDAY ACROSS WESTERN/ CENTRAL, PA WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OCCURRED IN & AROUND STATE COLLEGE FLOODING AREA STREETS WITH WATER RESCUES THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN & AROUND THE UTICA/ ROME AREAS WHERE THE DEEP- LAYERED/ SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED. ***OUR REGION WILL BE LOCKED IN AVERY ACTIVE/ WET WEATHER PATTERN DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS, AS LARGE SCALE/ ROTATING T ROUGHING CONTINUES. AN UPPER LEVEL/ AMPLIFIED TROUGH RUNNING FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO TO WESTERN ,NY HAS BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED, TURNING THE SURFACE TROUGH NORTHWARD EARLY THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN, NY IN WHICH IS FORECAST TO RETROGRADE NORTHWEST TO NORTHERN, NY BY EARLY THIS EVENING & EVENTUALLY TO SOUTHERN QUEBEC BY EARLY SATURDAY. IN THE MEANTIME...THE AMPLIFIED/ UPPER- LEVEL TROUGH WILL EJECT A SHORT WAVE IMPULSE EASTWARD TODAY ACROSS WESTERN/ CENTRAL, NY & NORTHERN, PA. LIMITED BREAKS OF SUN OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN REGIONS WILL RISE CONVECTIVE ENERGY LEVELS FROM 500 TO 1000 J/ KG`S FROM DAYTIME SURFACE HEATING, ALONG WITH SOME CIRCULATION & LIFT TO THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE SCATTERED SHOWERS & T-STORMS IN A VERY MOIST/ UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE. SOME OF THE SHOWERS & EMBEDDED T-STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAIN & STRONG GUSTY WINDS. **A FLASH FLOOD WATCH** REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.. **FROM** STEVE MATTISON...VOLUNTEER SKYWARN SPOTTER FOR THE NWS.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:44:07 +0000
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