Subj : MESO: Nws Weather Prediction Center College Park Md To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Fri Sep 29 2023 15:17:00 AWUS01 KWNH 291516 FFGMPD MAZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-292045- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 1112 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1116 AM EDT Fri Sep 29 2023 Areas affected...far eastern PA into NJ, southern NY/Long Island, CT and western MA Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely Valid 291515Z - 292045Z SUMMARY...Flash flooding will remain likely across the tri-state region over the next few hours, some of which could be significant to major. Rainfall rates of 1-3 in/hr and additional totals of 3-6 inches prior to 21Z should be expected, leading to a very dangerous situation if these totals overlap with 3-6 inches of rain which has already fallen over NYC. DISCUSSION...1445Z regional radar imagery continued to show widespread moderate to heavy rain across the NYC metro into southern NY/western CT/western MA. The highest rainfall rates were located just north of NYC into far western CT, along a low level convergence axis forced by a mesoscale circulation over NYC. Wunderground and NYC Mesonet/NYC Micronet gauge data has shown 3-6 inches of rain has fallen across the Five Boroughs with rainfall rates peaking in the 2-3 in/hr range over Brooklyn around 12Z, resulting in numerous flash flood impacts across the region. While lightning observations have been largely absent, a few embedded thunderstorms have been observed where elevated instability of a few hundred J/kg was present, rooted near the 850 mb level via the 12Z OKX sounding. Precipitable water values were near 1.6 inches, just above the 90th percentile for late September but despite the somewhat modest moisture, forcing for ascent was strong...owing to low level overrunning of an inverted surface trough which extended northward from the northern Mid-Atlantic coast into far western Long Island at 14Z. Low level winds centered near 850 mb were averaging 20-30 kt from the SE, supporting multiple rounds of heavy rain with recent redevelopment of heavier rain along and offshore of Manmouth and Ocean counties in eastern NJ. Pivoting of the 20-30 kt low level axis of winds to the north of an 850 mb circulation centered over southern NJ is expected to support the refocusing of heavy rain into portions of central/northern NJ while southeasterly flow maintains areas of heavy rain into southern NY and portions of western CT/MA, where terrain influences will augment rainfall intensities. The potential for 1-3 in/hr rates will remain with the higher end of that range more likely over far eastern PA into NJ where increasing instability into the early afternoon is expected with continued low level moisture advection, allowing for MUCAPE values in the vicinity of 500 J/kg. Flash flooding is likely to continue across the region, with areas of major flash flooding likely where overlap of additional heavy rain occurs with areas of ongoing flash flooding with an additional totals of 3-6 inches expected in some locations. Otto ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov__;!!= DZ3fjg!65NIxrTLpGRm0jTsMu7c6d--xI1Ga4JYxwoqCe5IW5ZhDtR9uvPALT1Bma3Tqd6Kx3dw= HwaRznw__F9bH7RRMUrV1rY$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...ALY...BGM...BOX...OKX...PHI... ATTN...RFC...MARFC...NERFC...NWC... LAT...LON 42417343 42417306 42347274 42067249 41767242=20 41367244 40607296 40187373 39397409 39567471=20 40207496 40927517 41607515 42127467 42287411=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 =3D =3D =3D To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM. --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .