STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR NORTHEAST RAINFALL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1100 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2005

...HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...

STRONG ATLANTIC INFLOW BETWEEN A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER NEW BRUNSWICK...CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE ABOUT 250
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY CONTINUES TO FUNNEL DEEP TROPICAL
MOISTURE INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES. THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS
NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE MUCH INTO THIS WEEKEND...BUT A SLIGHT
NORTHWARD SHIFT TO THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES THIS WEEKEND.

FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NEW JERSEY...NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...LONG ISLAND...SOUTHERN
VERMONT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND MOST OF CONNECTICUT.

RAINFALL OVER THE REGION IN THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS GENERALLY BEEN
ONE TO TWO INCHES...BUT HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FELL
IN/AROUND NORTHERN NEW JERSERY INTO THE NEW YORK CITY AREA AND
WESTERN CONNETICUT.

...SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...

PENNSYLVANIA...

LEAVITT FALLS                  3.19      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
LAKE MONROE                    2.60      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
EAST STROUDSBURG               2.48      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
OREGON TOWNSHIP                2.40      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
TANNERSVILLE                   2.05      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
MOUNT POCONO                   1.60      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
NORTH PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT     1.06      THROUGH 200 AM THURSDAY


NEW JERSEY...

OAKLAND                        5.16      THROUGH 550 PM WEDNESDAY
EAST RUTHERFORD                5.00      THROUGH 515 PM WEDNESDAY
NESHANIC                       4.46      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
MAWAH                          4.40      THROUGH 730 PM WEDNESDAY
TETERBORO                      4.35      THROUGH 800 AM THURSDAY
JERSEY CITY                    3.66      THROUGH 730 PM WEDNESDAY
NEWARK                         3.51      THROUGH 200 AM THURSDAY
MOUNT HOLLY AIRPORT            3.31      THROUGH 200 AM WEDNESDAY
SECAUCUS                       3.11      THROUGH 730 PM WEDNESDAY
TRENTON                        2.70      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
ATLANTIC CITY AIRPORT          2.63      THROUGH 200 AM THURSDAY  
             

NEW YORK...

RIVERHEAD                      7.10      THROUGH 350 PM WEDNESDAY
MEDFORD                        5.40      THROUGH 600 PM WEDNESDAY
PORT JEFFERSON                 5.07      THROUGH 345 PM WEDNESDAY
NEW YORK CITY/LGA              4.50      THROUGH 800 AM THURSDAY
NEW YORK CITY/CENTRAL PARK     4.75      THROUGH 800 AM THURSDAY
ISLIP                          4.12      THROUGH 200 AM THURSDAY 
PEEKSKILL                      4.00      THROUGH 515 PM WEDNESDAY
NEW YORK CITY/JFK              3.96      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
WHITE PLAINS                   3.88      THROUGH 200 AM THURSDAY 
MONROE                         3.25      THROUGH 400 PM WEDNESDAY


CONNECTICUT...

DANBURY                        2.60      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
NEW FAIRFIELD                  2.60      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY
BROOKFIELD                     2.51      THROUGH 600 PM WEDNESDAY
BRIDGEPORT                     2.31      THROUGH 700 PM WEDNESDAY

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
BE 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN
AREA.  2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR THE REMAINDER
OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 PM EDT THURSDAY.  REFER
TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

ECKERT