STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN NEW ENGLAND
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2006


...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER NEW
ENGLAND...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...NEW
HAMPSHIRE...VERMONT...NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.

THE CIRCULATION AROUND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA
CONTINUES TO PUMP DEEP MOISTURE INTO NEW ENGLAND...WITH OROGRAPHIC
LIFT ENHANCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RADAR
IMAGERY SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL NOW CENTERED OVER EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN DURING THE DAY AS A LARGE UPPER LOW FROM THE GREAT LAKES
MEANDERS SOUTHEASTWARD...PROVIDING THE KICKER THAT WILL FINALLY
USHER THIS SYSTEM OUT TO SEA.


...SELECTED STORM RAIN TOTALS THROUGH 2 AM EDT IN INCHES...

...CONNECTICUT              
  
BAKERSVILLE                           5.48
BULLS BRIDGE                          4.43
NORWICH                               4.38
STEVENSON                             4.11
HARTFORD/BRADLEY INTL ARPT            3.31
GROTON/NEW LONDON                     2.95
NEW HAVEN/TWEED                       2.89

...MASSACHUSETTS            

READING                              11.00
ANDOVER                              10.50
GEORGETOWN                           10.15
WAKEFIELD                            10.00
BEVERLY MUNI ARPT                     9.98
IPSWICH                               9.72
MANCHESTER                            8.61
BOSTON/LOGAN                          8.12
LAWRENCE MUNI ARPT                    7.95
NEWBURYPORT                           6.69

...MAINE                    
  
WELLS                                11.39
CAPE NEDDICK                         10.04
SACO                                  7.30
HOLLIS                                7.04


...NEW HAMPSHIRE             

HAMPTON FALLS                        11.32
HAMPTON                              10.20
SALISBURY                             9.81
PORTSMOUTH                            9.05
CONCORD MUNI ARPT                     7.69
ROCHESTER                             7.27

...RHODE ISLAND             
  
NEWPORT                               5.05
PROVIDENCE                            4.25
WESTERLY STATE ARPT                   3.67
PAWTUCKET                             3.43
WOONSOCKET                            2.86

...VERMONT                  
  
THETFORD                              3.08
WOODSTOCK                             2.97
BETHEL                                2.65
WEST WORDSBORO                        2.65
BARRE/MONTPELIER                      2.10

...NEW YORK                 
  
BRIDGEHAMPTON                         2.81
GLENS FALLS/WARREN CO. ARPT           2.55
HADLEY                                2.47
PHOENICIA                             2.47
BALLSTON SPA                          2.44
ALBANY CO. ARPT                       2.06

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY FOR THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM EDT
BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER.  PLEASE REFER TO
STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

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