Heavy rain and strong winds this morning in the Northeast. A huge amount of tropical moisture streaming from the south dumped over 10 inches of rain in parts of Pennsylvania. The wind gusted to over 50 mph in places and some trees were knocked down in parts of the area. In New York City the rain held off until the late evening and overnight. The upper-air flow kept the rain to the west of the city and the rainfall "trained" over western NJ, eastern PA and DE hence the highest rainfall totals there. The rain is still falling this morning and there is heavy rain in CT, Long Island and upstate NY with showers over NJ and eastern PA.
Rainfall Totals:
Graterford, PA 10.55"
Chadds Ford, PA 9.04"
Allentown, PA 8.02"
Wilmington, DE 7.55"
Fairfield, CT 4.14"
Rivervale, NJ 3.95"
West Orange, NJ 4.07"
West Milford, NJ 5.34"
Cold Spring, NY 6.25"
Yorktown Heights, NY 4.75"
Wind Gusts:
Newark, NJ 52 mph
Jones Beach, LI 47 mph
Danbury, CT 46 mph
Bronxville, NY 53 mph
George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.
