Winchester (nw) VA
While the Allison moisture has finally left the US, it's affects will
take months to cleanup in some areas. I heard that one NASA scientist
estimates enough water fell from the storm that it equals a year's worth
of drinking water in the US!
In VA, little flooding was reported. My county was the only one to have
a flash flood warning Saturday afternoon from the Sterling (Wash/Balt)
NWS office. That's when a training thunderstorm started to drop radar
estimated 2-3" per hour just north of town. The final total there was
estimated over 4".
My total for Fri/Sat was 1.09". During a 2 hour period Sat i had .89",
including peak rain rates of almost 1" per hour.
Before the moisture arrived, temps rose to near 90 Wed, and were well
into the 80s Thur, Fri, & Sat, with dewpoints in the mid 70s. AQI was
code orange last Wed, & code yellow Thur.
Max rain rates by VA radar sites: Begin times are noted. End time was
10pm Sat.
Blacksburg 2.70" (8am Sat)
Sterling<Wash/Balt>: 4.10" (6:30am Fri)
Wakefield: 15.00" (5am Wed)
Only VA Station with record daily rainfall was Wash National Apt.
Saturday's total of 1.64" broke the previous mark set in 1932 (1.33").
My photopoint album is at:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=817111&a=13308540&f=0
Messages relating to flooding in VA, including rain totals is at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VA_StormNet/message/12333
Local newspaper story on storm. I supplied much of the info.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/thewinchesterstar/010618/Area_rain.asp
Newspaper links:
Tidewater VA/ne NC
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0618tro.html Philadelphia PA (archive
page)
http://www.phillynews.com/archives/
Houston TX (archived stories new to oldest left of center, picture
gallery right of center/page):
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/01/flood/index.html
===
Sun 6-17:
Only scattered FW cumulus at between 2-3pm, otherwise sunny. FW cumulus
continued along the horizon. Refreshing for the fist time in about 6
days.
http://attach1.casi-internal/group/weatherpics/attach/429973/1612/gs-42=99=429973/10-1-10-147/Image=JPEG/snapshot.jpg
Low was 65.6º at 5:37am
High was 84.6º at 3:18pm
DP was 62 Falling to 58, or 15º colder than Sat Heat index 85, or 4º
cooler than Sat.
PWG was 22mph at 2:53pm.
AQI: code yellow (despite the blue sky!)
===
Mon 6/18:
Again Mon we had blue skies (less a few thin cirrus). Temperatures were
near the normals.
http://attach1.casi-internal/group/weatherpics/attach/429973/1613/gs-42=99=429973/10-1-10-147/Image=JPEG/snapshot.jpg
Low was 59.4º at 5:56am
High was 82.5º at 4:53pm
Afternoon DP was 61º
Heat index 82
PWG was 10mph, at 10:28am
AQI (Preliminary) code yellow
AQI forecast for today: code orange
Steve Minghini
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