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Waterlogged, Active Weather Pattern Returns to Northeast, Central U.S.
July 16, 2023 at 10:17 PM EDT
By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Fred Allen
Waterlogged New England states can’t seem to catch a break, as a familiar pattern will unleash drenching rainfall and an elevated urban and flash flooding risk through tonight. A few clusters of dangerous weather could rumble across the Midwest and central Plains as well.
An unusually active northern jet stream has been remarkably consistent across the U.S. Northern Tier so far this summer. The other commonality is a deep feed of rich, very humid air piling up ahead of each of these slow-moving disturbances traveling around the southern fringe of deep low pressure in east-central Canada.
These two ingredients will team up again tonight, especially from eastern New York to New England. A loaded air mass with dewpoints climbing through the 60s to lower and even middle 70s, combined with thunderstorms to increase rainfall production, will squeeze out incredible rainfall accumulation in some spots.
This isn’t good news given recent heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding that was experienced from New York’s Hudson Valley to much of interior Vermont less than a week ago. One to 3 inches will be common with locally higher amounts of 4 to 6 inches could fall in a corridor from the northern suburbs of New York City to southeastern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts.
Flood Watches are draped from southern New York to northern New England overnight and into Monday morning. Poughkeepsie, New York City, Albany, and Glens Falls, N.Y., Hartford, Conn., Providence, R.I., Springfield, Boston and Worcester, Mass., Montpelier, Vt., Manchester and Concord, N.H., and Portland to Augusta, Maine, are some of the cities that are included. Remember to follow a simple motto if you approach a flooded roadway, “Turn Around, Don’t Drown!”
Part of the same trouble-making storm system will also foster clusters or lines of robust thunderstorms across the central Plains to finish up the weekend. This is where the government’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk for organized severe weather to occur across much of Kansas to central Oklahoma.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for western and central Kansas and northwestern to west-central Oklahoma, which includes the cities of Garden City, Dodge City, Russell, Manhattan, Salina and Witchita, Kan., and Gage, Okla.
The best way to remain safe is to stay prepared and informed about your local weather. Have a severe weather kit packed with a battery-operated radio, water and non-perishable food items should you be without power for long periods of time. Also, check the WeatherBug app frequently for any updates on today’s severe weather. Remember, “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!”
An unusually active northern jet stream has been remarkably consistent across the U.S. Northern Tier so far this summer. The other commonality is a deep feed of rich, very humid air piling up ahead of each of these slow-moving disturbances traveling around the southern fringe of deep low pressure in east-central Canada.
These two ingredients will team up again tonight, especially from eastern New York to New England. A loaded air mass with dewpoints climbing through the 60s to lower and even middle 70s, combined with thunderstorms to increase rainfall production, will squeeze out incredible rainfall accumulation in some spots.
This isn’t good news given recent heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding that was experienced from New York’s Hudson Valley to much of interior Vermont less than a week ago. One to 3 inches will be common with locally higher amounts of 4 to 6 inches could fall in a corridor from the northern suburbs of New York City to southeastern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts.
Flood Watches are draped from southern New York to northern New England overnight and into Monday morning. Poughkeepsie, New York City, Albany, and Glens Falls, N.Y., Hartford, Conn., Providence, R.I., Springfield, Boston and Worcester, Mass., Montpelier, Vt., Manchester and Concord, N.H., and Portland to Augusta, Maine, are some of the cities that are included. Remember to follow a simple motto if you approach a flooded roadway, “Turn Around, Don’t Drown!”
Part of the same trouble-making storm system will also foster clusters or lines of robust thunderstorms across the central Plains to finish up the weekend. This is where the government’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk for organized severe weather to occur across much of Kansas to central Oklahoma.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for western and central Kansas and northwestern to west-central Oklahoma, which includes the cities of Garden City, Dodge City, Russell, Manhattan, Salina and Witchita, Kan., and Gage, Okla.
The best way to remain safe is to stay prepared and informed about your local weather. Have a severe weather kit packed with a battery-operated radio, water and non-perishable food items should you be without power for long periods of time. Also, check the WeatherBug app frequently for any updates on today’s severe weather. Remember, “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!”