HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION MIDDLE ATLANTIC RIVER FORECAST CENTER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 920 AM EST MON NOV 02 2009 LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RAINFALL ACROSS VIRGINIA, EASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH WERE OBSERVED IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. Value County St Location 1.61 Sussex VA Stony Creek 1E 1.33 Prince George VA Disputanta 1NW COOP 1.00 Appomattox VA Appomattox 0.96 Prince George VA Prince George 3NE 0.87 Prince Edward VA Farmville 0.84 Cumberland VA Cartersville 0.82 Hanover VA Hanover Co. AP 0.81 Goochland VA Crozier-State Farm 0.81 Chesterfield VA Richmond AP 0.65 Loudoun VA Sterling 0.62 Greene VA Stanardsville 2.1 WN 0.60 Appomattox VA Bent Creek 0.60 Charlotte VA Keysville 0.60 Fluvanna VA Palmyra 0.60 Nelson VA Tye River IFLOWS HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH SUNSHINE RETURNING TO MOST AREAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. THAT FRONT WILL PUSH OFF THE COAST BY LATE TUESDAY AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN ON A BRISK NORTHWEST FLOW. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN BASINS TONIGHT. ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES LATER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT, SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SUSQUEHANNA BASIN. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE FOR MORE PRECIPITATION BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ON AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS, GENERALLY STEADY TO SLOWLY FALLING STAGES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDWEEK. FORECASTS ARE BEING PREPARED AND WILL BE ISSUED ON TIME THIS MORNING. TJR NNNN