Chilly air on the way here and it will arrive about Sept. 15th.

The same will push Maria OTS.

Heavy rainfall will produce moderate to major flooding.

New Tropical Depression 14 on a track similar to Irene and will need to be watched next week.

Flood waters expected to rise once again. Our rainiest summer on record.

From the NWS:

... Record setting rainfall for the climatological Summer of 2011
for Central Park...

... Despite record heat in July and above normal temperatures in June
the climatological Summer of 2011 was not one of the top ten warmest
Summers...

Central Park received a record 25.23 inches of rainfall for the
climatological Summer (which encompasses the months of
June... July... and august). This is almost twice the normal value
(13.45 inches)... and breaks the previous record of 22.40 inches set
back in 1975. This comes after both June and July were actually
below normal. In June... 3.25 inches fell. Normal for June is 3.84
inches. In July... 3.03 inches fell and the normal value is 4.62.
Some significant dates where Central Park received heavy rainfall
were August 9th... 14th... 27th... and 28th. On August 9th... a
frontal system was moving through the area and 2.09 inches fell. On
the 14th 5.81 inches of rain fell due to an upper level disturbance
which allowed for torrential rainfall and flash flooding in an
around New York City. Finally... Tropical Storm Irene helped push the
Summer of 2011 into the record books by dumping 2.88 inches on the
27th... and 3.99 inches on the 28th. Irene helped to make August 2011
the wettest August on record. It also helped make August 2011 the
all time wettest month on record. Other locations that broke records:

Location... ... ... ... ... ... .Summer 2011 observed rainfall

LaGuardia... ... ... ... ... ... 24.11
JFK... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22.04
Newark... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23.57

Record heat occurred in July with the Mercury passing the century
mark on July 22nd with a record 104 degrees and setting another
record on the 23rd with 100 degrees. The average temperature in
August was 3.7 degrees above normal... pushing July 2011 into the
number 2 spot for warmest July. June was also above normal... by
1.1 degrees. Despite all this... the Summer of 2011 was not in any of
the top 10 warmest Summer on record. This is because August was only
slightly above normal by 0.1 degrees.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR PASSAIC COUNTY.

Heavy rain expected tonight and tomorrow.

Tropical update. Rainy weather ahead the next few days.

Tropical storm Lee remnants will give our area more rain this week.  Katia will likely pass between NYC and Bermuda, only producing high surf.  A new tropical disturbance has now emerged and is well south.  It may be troublesome in the next 2 weeks.

Three graphs about global warming, see for yourself.

Guess what? NJ is due for 2 to 4" of rain over the next 5 days.

Tropical Storm Lee, now in the Gulf states, will move up the east coast this week bringing a swath of 2 to 4" of rain.  Certainly enough to halt the lowering of the flood waters.  Still a little early to raise the alarms again.

Hurricane Katia, now far out in the Atlantic,  may come as close as within 100 miles of Cape Hatteras before turning out to sea.  A very close call. We don't need double trouble at this time!

Hurricane Katia may approach very closely to the US before turning OTS.

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