HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION
MIDDLE ATLANTIC RIVER FORECAST CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1002 AM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009


RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS SAW MOST OF OUR SERVICE AREA PICKING
UP SOME. SEVERAL POINTS WERE OVER ONE INCH. 24 HOUR HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
ENDING 12Z SATURDAY.

Value Id County St Location Type
2.23 USBP1 Franklin PA Upper Strasburg COOP
1.98 MDAL03 Allegany MD Cumberland 1.2SE COC COOP
1.86 RDCW2 Grant WV Red Creek IFLOWS IFLWS
1.83 ROXP1 Franklin PA Roxbury GOES DCP
1.79 FRSM2 Allegany MD Frostburg COOP
1.77 PAPR02 Perry PA Marysville 5.1WSW CO COOP
1.74 CBLM2 Allegany MD Cumberland COOP
1.74 NOXP1 Wyoming PA Noxen DCP
1.65 AOO Blair PA Altoona AP-Martinsbg METAR
1.63 GLNP1 Somerset PA Glencoe COOP
1.63 SRDM2 Garrett MD Savage Rvr Dam (Ds) COOP
1.61 KEYW2 Mineral WV Keyser COOP
1.57 RTCP1 Huntingdon PA Raystown Dam COOP (H COOP
1.55 BAYW2 Grant WV Bayard COOP
1.54 WMGP1 Blair PA Williamsburg COOP

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BASINS LATER THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON REACHING THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY TONIGHT. THE RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. DAY ONE QPF RANGES FROM
AROUND A TENTH IN THE UPPER JAMES BASIN TO OVER 1 INCH IN OUR EASTERN
NY/NJ BASINS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY PROVIDING DRY
CONDITIONS.

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, RISES OF UP TO THREE FEET ARE EXPECTED
WITH SHARPER RISES POSSIBLE ALONG SMALL STREAM OR CREEKS IN AREAS OF
HEAVIER DOWNPOURS.

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