HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION MIDDLE ATLANTIC RIVER FORECAST CENTER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 930 AM EST TUE NOV 03 2009 A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION AND OFF THE COAST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA AND DELAWARE BASINS. IT WILL BE DRY ELSEWHERE. OBSERVED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 7AM THIS MORNING WERE LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH. Value County St Location 0.07 Tompkins NY Freeville 1.5NE COCO 0.06 Worcester MD Assateague 0.06 Accomack VA Chincoteague 0.06 Cortland NY Cortland 0.06 Worcester MD Ocean City 0.05 Cayuga NY Locke 0.05 Wicomico MD Salisbury 5.9SSE COC 0.05 Tompkins NY Trumansburg 0.4WNW C 0.03 Madison NY Morrisville 0.03 Ocean NJ Brick Twp 1.5NNE COC 0.02 McKean PA Bradford AP 0.02 Northampton VA Cape Charles 5ENE CR 0.02 Northampton VA Eastville 3NW 0.02 City of Fredercksbrg VA Fredercksburg 0.02 Madison NY North Brookfield AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT, LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP IN THE FAVORED AREAS OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK. LIQUID PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH FAIR SEASONABLE WEATHER EXPECTED. LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS, INCLUDING SOME WET SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH. AGAIN, PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT, AROUND ONE TENTH INCH OR LESS. ON AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS, STEADY TO SLOWLY FALLING STAGES ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. ANY RESPONSE FROM PRECIPITATION WILL BE MINIMAL. FORECASTS ARE BEING PREPARED AND WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. TJR NNNN