April 2014 Observations and Discussion

This train is going to possibly be record breaking when it is over some area IMO! 

Philly over 5" so far! If that isn't impressive then I do not know what is!! 

Row, Row, Row ur boat.........

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=JFK

Lee Goldberg said that it should start to lighten up about 8 pm, no way that's happening.....his futurecast was waaaayyyyyy off.

Dunnzoo wrote:Lee Goldberg said that it should start to lighten up about 8 pm, no way that's happening.....his futurecast was waaaayyyyyy off.

I'm so tired of Futurecast. This is NOWCAST..by reading current radar. Futurecast is barely ever on point. I'm not sure why they use it for guidance during the event.

SoulSingMG wrote:

Dunnzoo wrote:Lee Goldberg said that it should start to lighten up about 8 pm, no way that's happening.....his futurecast was waaaayyyyyy off.

I'm so tired of Futurecast. This is NOWCAST..by reading current radar. Futurecast is barely ever on point. I'm not sure why they use it for guidance during the event.

He must be hanging out again in that smoke shop in Denver like this past winter!!

It is 7:51 and raining hard up here.

I do not get out of class until 9pm tonight. Gotta take the Garden State from 145 to 137. Not looking forward to that...sigh

Frank_Wx wrote:I do not get out of class until 9pm tonight. Gotta take the Garden State from 145 to 137. Not looking forward to that...sigh

Be careful kid it is ugly out there!!

Yeah 8pm sure, look at that train! Been raining crazy here in Yonkers for many hours, havent seen much flooding but if this keeps up all night the Bronx Rover and Saw Mill will probably flood making for a nightmare of a morning commute. You all hear about that sinkhole/landslide in baltimore a entire block long taking numerous cars with it. This been one heck of a storm! Anyone know where I can find out what the totals are for my specific area so far? Would love to have a rain guage but nowhere to put since I am in a apartment on 2nd floor.

WOW! Is all I can say so in addition to what fell before 2 pm we are def push that 5 inch mark. Sheesh.

jmanley32 wrote:Yeah 8pm sure, look at that train!  Been raining crazy here in Yonkers for many hours, havent seen much flooding but if this keeps up all night the Bronx Rover and Saw Mill will probably flood making for a nightmare of a morning commute.  You all hear about that sinkhole/landslide in baltimore a entire block long taking numerous cars with it.  This been one heck of a storm!  Anyone know where I can find out what the totals are for my specific area so far?  Would love to have a rain guage but nowhere to put since I am in a apartment on 2nd floor.

try wunderground...put in your zip and it should bring up some weather stations in your area....should be pretty close if you check a few sites....

Thx I found the NWS spotter page here it is for anyone interested, I think less than 2 inches in my area is low but those measurements are north of here and they have been missing the heaviest by a few miles.

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OKX&product=PNS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0

Futurecast from TWC shows some super heavy rains coming through in next 2-5 hrs, and then coming to a slow end around 2M, CERTAINLY NOT 8PM.

jman....whats your zip?

Just checked my rain guage. I think the strong winds have caused the reading to be lower that reality, but the guage reads 2.90 inches as of 9:05PM.

NYC 3.47"
LGA 3.68"
JFK 2.84"
EWR 3.92"
SMQ 3.52"
TTN 3.91"


Up to date rainfall amounts!!

Got about 2.5" here so far

10705 dunnzoo, closest I found was white plains but they def have not been in the heaviest from what I have seen on radar.

dang mugs and its still pouring down, about to get slammer here again shortly looking at radar has calmed for for a bit.

Who can find the warm front lol....55 here now.

Still convection with the other front out west. Could still have more precip after this batch.

Prior to yesterday afternoon, Central Park had 2.85" of precipitation for the month of April (normal for April is I believe 4.50"), but with all of this rain, as of 10 PM EDT, it is at 6.42" which would be the 9th wettest April on record as of now.

real Flood Warning
Statement as of 5:04 AM EDT on May 01, 2014
...The Flood Warning remains in effect until 915 am EDT for urban areas and small streams in New York City...

* at 458 am EDT...radar showed additional heavy showers had developed over the lower boroughs of New York City.

* The Bronx river had crested at 3.7 feet...which is moderate flood stage. The river should begin to recede...and may fall below flood stage by late morning.

quote="jmanley32"]10705 dunnzoo, closest I found was white plains but they def have not been in the heaviest from what I have seen on radar.[/quote]

NY Botanical Garden has 5.19" yday + this morn. One of the better weather stations for northern bx & extreme southern Westchester.

SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
659 AM EDT THU MAY 01 2014

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE RECENT
STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND
MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC

********************STORM TOTAL RAINFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
RAINFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT

CONNECTICUT

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
NORWALK 4.52 630 AM 5/01 PUBLIC
BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT 3.96 616 AM 5/01 ASOS
STAMFORD 3.80 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
SHELTON 3.40 530 AM 5/01 PUBLIC
DANBURY AIRPORT 2.78 621 AM 5/01 ASOS

...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
WOODBRIDGE 3.03 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
NEW HAVEN 2.78 632 AM 5/01 ASOS
WALLINGFORD 2.65 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
HAMDEN 2.64 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
MERIDEN 2.12 642 AM 5/01 ASOS
OXFORD 2.04 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
GALES FERRY 2.35 612 AM 5/01 TRAINED SPOTTER
YANTIC 1.64 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
CLARKS FALLS 1.35 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

NEW JERSEY

...BERGEN COUNTY...
LYNDHURST 4.89 515 AM 5/01 PUBLIC
TETERBORO 4.52 645 AM 5/01 ASOS
WOODCLIFF LAKE 4.03 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
SADDLE BROOK 4.03 637 AM 5/01 TRAINED SPOTTER
FRANKLIN LAKES 3.64 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
RIDGEWOOD 3.60 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
RIVERVALE 3.60 545 AM 5/01 PUBLIC

...ESSEX COUNTY...
NEWARK AIRPORT 5.36 622 AM 5/01 ASOS
CANOE BROOK 4.28 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
CALDWELL AIRPORT 3.50 626 AM 5/01 ASOS
MAPLEWOOD 3.48 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

...HUDSON COUNTY...
HARRISON 4.90 240 AM 5/01 EMERGENCY MNGR

...PASSAIC COUNTY...
WEST PATERSON 4.16 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
HAWTHORNE 3.98 513 AM 5/01 TRAINED SPOTTER
WAYNE 3.80 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
LITTLE FALLS 3.67 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
WEST MILFORD 3.20 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
RINGWOOD 2.88 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

...UNION COUNTY...
MOUNTAINSIDE 5.93 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
LINDEN 4.49 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

NEW YORK

...NASSAU COUNTY...
PLAINVIEW 5.54 620 AM 5/01 TRAINED SPOTTER
PLANTING FIELDS NEPP 5.06 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
1 S MERRICK 5.05 500 AM 5/01 TRAINED SPOTTER
BELLMORE 4.40 600 AM 5/01 PUBLIC

...NEW YORK COUNTY...
CENTRAL PARK 5.12 614 AM 5/01 ASOS

...ORANGE COUNTY...
MONTGOMERY AIRPORT 2.86 640 AM 5/01 ASOS
STERLING FOREST 2.68 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

...QUEENS COUNTY...
NYC/LA GUARDIA 5.43 638 AM 5/01 ASOS
NYC/JFK AIRPORT 4.96 636 AM 5/01 ASOS

...RICHMOND COUNTY...
GREENBELT 4.67 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

...ROCKLAND COUNTY...
SUFFERN 2.71 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
NORTHPORT 3.85 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
EAST FARMINGDALE 3.77 627 AM 5/01 ASOS
NORTH BABYLON 3.30 300 AM 5/01 PUBLIC
ISLIP AIRPORT 2.77 635 AM 5/01 ASOS
SHIRLEY AIRPORT 2.53 633 AM 5/01 ASOS
LAKE RONKONKOMA 2.49 325 AM 5/01 TRAINED SPOTTER
MONTAUK 2.14 643 AM 5/01 ASOS
FIRE ISLAND 2.04 600 AM 5/01 MESONET
WESTHAMPTON AIRPORT 1.88 624 AM 5/01 ASOS
UPTON 1.86 200 AM 5/01 NWS OFFICE
GREENPORT 1.27 600 AM 5/01 MESONET

...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
WHITE PLAINS AIRPORT 4.02 630 AM 5/01 ASOS
PEEKSKILL 2.85 545 AM 5/01 TRAINED SPOTTER

Got about 3 inches here...the River Vale site which is just east of me had more training heavy rain than mugs and I did...it just eeked east of us.....the river there was getting to flood stage...

That rainstorm was crazy, mudslide in my town blocking metro north tracks this morning, Bronx river is raging, luckily reports are its going down.  Closest spotter report to me was 5.28, this storm was underestimated by alot (by media, models and even here).  Lets just hope it stays dry long enough for rivers to receed anymore 1 inch+ rainstorms and we in really big trouble.  Number of road closures here and the street behind mine was flooded out and the river was rising fast so city DOT evacuated peoples cars and had fire engines pumping the water all night into the river and the flooding was from a low lying spot and not the river flooding, it almost did though. After that last huge flood we had years ago they put up a dirt retaining wall that has helped that neighborhood alot.

I got 4.85 inches of rain last night. A lot of flooding around the Newark area. That was a crazy storm with training storms. Mild today with temps in the 70's