Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Frances For Us?
Jason Samenow @ 12:40 AM
THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL DETERMINE HOW SIGNIFICANT THE IMPACTS OF FRANCES REMNANTS WILL BE. IF THE TRACK MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA ... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. AS ALWAYS WITH THE REMNANT CIRCULATIONS OF TROPICAL SYSTEMS ... AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE CLOSE TO THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION.My thinking is that we'll see some intermittent showers which will be heavy at times beginning late today, lasting through late Thursday. Most flooding issues will be from Blue Ridge mountains westward, but some scattered stream/urban flooding is possible locally. It will be a bit muggy, but not hot -- with high temps 75-80 during the period.
...AS THE SYSTEM MAKES FURTHER PROGRESS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...FORECASTS WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO DETERMINE THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACTS OVER THE REGION.