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WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK 
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
624 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003

...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR ROCKLAND COUNTY IN NEW YORK AND 
BERGEN...ESSEX...PASSAIC AND UNION COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY CONTINUES 
THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WITH A WARM FRONT SOUTH OF 
THE AREA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AND NORTH TODAY AND SATURDAY. SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME 
OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH. THIS 
CLOUD RESULT IN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. IN 
ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED 
GROUND...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. THIS CLOUD 
RESULT IN RISES ABOVE BANKFUL ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS AND A FLOOD 
WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED.

THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO 
SATURDAY MORNING. WARM AND HUMID AIR WILL BE ACROSS THE REGION 
SATURDAY. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE SATURDAY AND MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY 
NIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM CANADA SUNDAY WITH NORTHERLY WINDS 
BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. THIS HIGH WILL REMAIN 
AND BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER INTO NEXT WEEK.

&&

THE FORECAST ULTRAVIOLET INDEX FOR TODAY IS 5...WHICH IS 
CLASSIFIED AS MODERATE EXPOSURE.

$$