IDA remnants OBS-nowcasts (storm total rain and/or unusual flooding, wind damage-power outage, gusts ~45+ MPH) Wed-Thu morning Sept 1-2, 2021

[NJwx85]

 

[dmillz25]

7.5” now wtf

[doncat]

7.10" west shore SI.

[Rjay]

74 degrees 

[Maureen]

1 minute ago, Will - Rutgers said:

i'd like to go on record that while i didn't say anything, i was thinking this was a bust as late as 2 PM or so

another opportunity for humility in a life already full of humiliations

Wish you’d been right. 

[RU848789]

20 minutes ago, wdrag said:

that 3" in 1 hour must be anew record and puts NYC well over 4.3" now for the storm. 

Walt - any thoughts on river flooding levels for the Raritan and other major rivers?  Floyd type levels or less.  Seems like there was a bit more rain in Floyd (10-14" common in the Raritan watershed vs. 7-10" now, by my quick inspection), but antecedent conditions before Floyd were much drier, so maybe it'll be close.  

[Gravity Wave]

Thinking ahead to January when we'll be begging for 0.5" of QPF from a storm.

[Brian5671]

1 minute ago, Rjay said:

74 degrees 

wow just 64 here 20 miles north of you

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, Rjay said:

74 degrees 

74 degrees and 7.4 inches of rain?

 

[NortheastPAWx]

2 minutes ago, Rjay said:

74 degrees 

66 here. Warm front must have fallen short.

[Brian5671]

3 minutes ago, Will - Rutgers said:

i'd like to go on record that while i didn't say anything, i was thinking this was a bust as late as 2 PM or so

another opportunity for humility in a life already full of humiliations

never underestimate a system with tropical origins...they almost always deliver....

[cleetussnow]

3 hours ago, dmillz25 said:

Holy shit

Holy shit x2.  

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, Brian5671 said:

wow just 64 here 20 miles north of you

75.0 here now

 

[Dan76]

3 minutes ago, Rjay said:

74 degrees 

76 oceanside

[Ed, snow and hurricane fan]

 

[LibertyBell]

Just now, Dan76 said:

76 oceanside

dew point must be the same

[Rjay]

Holt crap 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTTWjFRgjY7/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

Scroll through this (swipe left old guys lol)

[dWave]

Water rescues happening now. Basically all basements/1st floors are flooded

[Dan76]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

dew point must be the same

Feels like it 

[Rjay]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

dew point must be the same

Dp is 74

[Rmine1]

4 minutes ago, Rjay said:

74 degrees 

73 here on the GSB. Moderate rain 

[Snowlover11]

major flooding here in yonkers, a couple roads are completely flooded, and a bridge over the saw mill river had about 1 of foot on it, made it safely to work, even my work lot had major flooding at the bottom of it.

[gmendevils8204]

8 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I think it might be time to dam up that river and shut it down.  Enough is enough with all this flooding, we need geoengineering 

 

Definitely something to consider. Seems like this is a problem that will only get worse if left unchecked.

[LibertyBell]

Just now, Rjay said:

Holt crap 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTTWjFRgjY7/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

Scroll through this (swipe left old guys lol)

raining super hard here now

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, Rjay said:

Holt crap 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTTWjFRgjY7/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

Scroll through this (swipe left old guys lol)

luckily no swiping necessary on a computer lol

[NJwx85]

4 minutes ago, gmendevils8204 said:

It has to be flooded…and the Passaic hasn’t even crested yet. The mall gets dicey water-wise even during routine rain storms. The drainage in there has never been good.

The Ramapo and Pequannock meet in Pompton Lakes which then flows into Wanaque reservoir. When the dam opens it sends water downstream into Pompton Lakes. The Ramapo then flows into the Pompton River which floods Pequannock, Pompton Plains, Wayne and Lincoln Park. The Pompton ends at the Passaic River at two bridges road. It takes quite awhile for the Passaic to get all of the water. Two bridges is less than a mile from Williwbrook mall. 

If the Passaic gets high enough it will actually backflow into the Pompton.

[Snowlover11]

strong wind gusts bouncing the car around, any of these strong gusts with a soiled ground is not a good look.

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, gmendevils8204 said:

Definitely something to consider. Seems like this is a problem that will only get worse if left unchecked.

I'm surprised no one tried to dam up the river before, considering how often it floods and how densely populated the area is.

 

[donsutherland1]

Newark has now received 7.77” of rain. That surpassed the previous daily record of 7.69”, which was set on July 28, 1897.

[Northof78]

https://www.facebook.com/744631170/videos/431435624950494/