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HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER...TAUNTON...MA
1149 AM EST FRI NOV 21 2008
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION:
:
SCATTERED LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUED OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS
IN THE BASINS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND PORTIONS
OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. UP TO ABOUT 4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED
. MORE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE SAME AREAS OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS, AS COLD NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES.
:
RIVERS ARE GENERALLY RECEDING THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AND THIS
TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
:
PRECIPITATION SUMMARY:
:
LIGHT SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN
VERMONT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS RESULTED IN REPORTED
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ABOUT 0.20 INCH, LIQUID EQUIVALENT,
THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY. REPORTED SNOWFALL RANGED FROM 1/2 TO ABOUT 4
INCHES.
:
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE
AND NORTHERN VERMONT TODAY. LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS UP TO 0.20 INCH ARE FORECAST THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY WITH
HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN FAR WESTERN NEW YORK. MOST OF NEW ENGLAND, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF FAR NORTHERN VERMONT, WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
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HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS:
:
RIVERS LEVELS ACROSS THE NERFC AREA ARE FALLING, AND WILL CONTINUE
TO DO SO THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH COLD AIR ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.
:
RIVER FLOWS ACROSS THE NERFC AREA, AS REPORTED ON THE USGS
WATERWATCH WEB PAGE, ARE GENERALLY IN THE NORMAL RANGE FOR MID-
NOVEMBER.
:
ADDITIONAL WATER AND WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON
THE NWS/NERFC HOME PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/NERFC
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FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THE NORTHEAST -- 3 HOUR GUIDANCE BY STATE
AND COUNTIES WITH LOWEST GUIDANCE VALUES:
NEW YORK 1.5 - 4.2 INCH SRN ERIE
VERMONT 2.0 - 3.4 INCH ORLEANS LAMOILLE
. WASHINGTON ERN CHITTENDEN
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.5 - 3.9 INCH NRN GRAFTON
MAINE 1.9 - 3.7 INCH CTR SOMERSET
CONNECTICUT 2.0 - 3.5 INCH SRN FAIRFIELD SRN NEW HAVEN
MASSACHUSETTS 2.3 - 3.9 INCH ERN PLYMOUTH
RHODE ISLAND 2.3 - 4.1 INCH SERN PROVIDENCE
:
NERFC/WALLACE
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