Subj : MESO: Nws Weather Prediction Center College Park Md To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Tue Jan 09 2024 23:19:32 AWUS01 KWNH 092319 FFGMPD CTZ000-NYZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-DEZ000-MDZ000-100417- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0008 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 618 PM EST Tue Jan 09 2024 Areas affected...Eastern PA...New Jersey...Southern NY...Western CT... Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely Valid 092317Z - 100417Z SUMMARY...Rainfall rates will pick up this evening as the elevated airmass becomes marginally unstable. This along with the areas of snowmelt and/or low flash flood guidance will lead to isolated or widely-scattered instances of flash flooding through this evening. DISCUSSION...The latest GOES-East longwave IR imagery indicates a well-established Warm Conveyor Belt (WCB) across the Eastern Seaboard, with enhanced (higher) cloud tops beginning to expand acxross the northern Mid Atlantic Region. Meanwhile, the 2100 UTC surface analysis indicated two areas of low pressure, with the primary low of 979 mb across northern Indiana, and a secondary 991 mb low across north-central North Carolina. Upper-level forcing ahead of both lows will increase this evening over the outlook area, owing to strong upper-level divergence enhanced by the left-exit region of an upper level jet streak. Robust, highly anomalous low-to-mid layer moisture transport will ensue, as both the 850 mb southerly flow and 850-700 mb moisture flux anomalies increase to over 5 standard deviations above normal per the GEFS and SREF. This as PWs climb between 1 to 1.25 inches, which is 3 to 3.5 standard deviations above normal for early January. The strong WAA/positive theta-e advection will also lead to weakening static stability aloft, with the latest HRRR indicating MUCAPEs on the order of 150-300 J/Kg toward midnight. As such, hourly rain rates of 0.50 to 0.75" will become more common after 00Z per the latest CAM suite, with most areas receiving 3-hourly rainfall rates of 1-2 inches. This along with the snowmelt in some (farther inland) areas, and/or across areas with otherwise low flash flood guidance (1.5" or less within 3 hours), will result in some isolated to widely scattered instances of flash flooding going through the evening. The more urbanized locations will also be susceptible to seeing more notable runoff concerns. Hurley ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov__;!!= DZ3fjg!_33YORH47BOsgM1jILTW-yekJntClV4ll_kiCQLsUnXjnt9cPwHmHId5dq6KSePTMmsk= _g4t9_ZB-tkQmcouQJsyYHs$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...ALY...BGM...CTP...LWX...OKX...PHI... ATTN...RFC...MARFC...NERFC...NWC... LAT...LON 42047383 41977322 41637301 41307354 40697420=20 40297409 39737497 39497619 39947649 40557647=20 41167610 41777511=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) .