Strong Winds & Heavy Rain in New York City/Long Island/CT/N. NJ 01/25

What a WINDY & RAINY day in Manhattan 01/25/10!!!   A very tight pressure gradient set up ahead of an approaching cold front on Monday January 25th, 2010.  Heavy rainfall was a problem with numerous Flash Flood WARNINGS in upstate New York.  The heavy rainfall mixed down stronger winds from aloft mostly in the late morning and into the afternoon and intensity diminished by  evening after the passage of the cold front.  Rainfall confirmed 01/25 Danbury CT 2.40″, Ridgewood, NJ 1.93″, Ramsey, NJ 1.85, East Orange, NJ 1.50″, Brooklyn 1.46″, Central Park 1.22″, LGA 1.03″, Suffern, NY 1.97″,  White Plains 2.01″, Rye, NY 1.27″.

Wind Gusts on the 25th of January: Bridgeport, CT 43 miles per hour, Teterboro, NJ 54 mph, Newark 41 mph, Brooklyn 50 mph, LGA 55 mph, JFK 52 mph, Islip, NY 52 mph, Westhampton Beach 44 mph, White Plains, NY 62 mph.

There was a High Wind WARNING in effect until 6 pm for New York City, extreme NE New Jersey, Long Island, A 5 Bouros, Most of Connecticut, RI, and SE MA for a sustained south wind of 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 60 to 70 miles per hour.

High Wind Warning in Orange/Flood Watch in Green/Flooding in Red

Flash Flood Warnings in Red/Heavy Rain & Snow Melt=Flooding Upstate NY