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Tropical Storm Hanna Moving Over Forecast Area

Tropical Storm Hanna or what is quickly becoming the remnants of Hanna, is starting to move over southern New Jersey and will progress towards Long Island this evening.  
The heavy rain will now focus from central and northern New Jersey through southern New York and Connecticut.  Hanna is still retaining some tropical characteristics, especially on [...]

Hanna Passing South Of Cape May

The center of Tropical Storm is passing just to the south of Cape May, New Jersey.  The heaviest rain is now concentrating over eastern Pennsylvania to the New Jersey coast.  Rainfall rates over central New Jersey, specifically over Monmouth, Ocean, and Burlington Counties, are around 1 to 2 inches per hour.  The rainfall will remain [...]

A Very Wet Night Ahead

Tropical Storm Hanna is now moving over the Chesapeake Bay as heavy rainfall continues to fall from central Pennsylvania towards the coastline.  
The heavy rainfall seen over Pennsylvania will very slowly move to the east over the entire forecast area over the 6 to 8 hours.  The idea of 1/2 an inch to 1 and [...]

Impressive Rainfall Amounts To The West

The latest doppler radar rainfall estimates are really impressive this afternoon.  Based on the estimates, the Baltimore metro up through Lancaster and off to Scranton, Pennsylvania have received anywhere from 2 to 5 inches of rain already with more to come.  In fact, from Bethel Pennsylvania on south through Baltimore, rainfall amounts are estimated at [...]

Heavy Rain Fills In Along The Coast

The heavy rainfall is beginning to fill in along the coast of New Jersey as Hanna approaches the Chesapeake Bay at this hour.  
Through the afternoon, expect rainfall rates to intensify along the coast from Philadelphia on eastward as Hanna approaches the forecast area.  Expect the worst conditions beginning around 2:30 PM on through 11 [...]

Eastern Pennsylvania May End Up Getting The Heaviest Rain

I’ve been tracking the radar echoes and the low level moisture convergence data via RUC data.  The latest data suggest that the heaviest rainfall will fall over locations like Hazleton, Bethel, Lancaster, and Harrisburg.  
This does not mean that heavy rain will not fall over the rest of the forecast area, only that the heavy [...]

Rain Building From West To East

As the low level lifting increases through the morning hours, expect the heavy rainfall to develop and intensify from west to east.  
Right now, the heaviest rainfall for the forecast area is over Allentown down through Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  As the low level moisture convergence intensifies due to the interaction with the cold front to the [...]

Heavy Rain Building Over Eastern Pennsylvania

The local forecast discussion is updated.
The heavy rain is already building over eastern Pennsylvania and the low level moisture convergence I was discussing is already developing as the cold front to the west moves closer and Hanna moves towards the forecast area.
Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches and growing has already been observed via [...]

Influence From The Cold Front To The West

If anyone is wondering why Hanna will be forced off the New Jersey coast, the main reason is the movement of the upper level trough over the Great Lakes and the surface cold front over the Ohio Valley.  This cold front was the same cold front that picked up the remnants of Hurricane Gustav, which [...]

Heavy Rain Expected Later This Morning Through Tonight

Good Morning Everybody!
Alright, we got a heck of a rain event developing for the forecast area today.  I’ll make the usual updates coming soon, however I want to put out the rainfall map for today.  
Let me be clear when I say this.  Do NOT underestimate this storm.  Even though Tropical Storm Hanna will weaken [...]