Flood Watch through Wednesday
The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a flood watch for its entire forecast area including the lakes region until Wednesday.
The following is quoted from their forecast discussion written this morning (Technical terms have been translated after copying).
ALL MODELS SHOWING
2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 7 AM
TUESDAY. THESE NUMBERS MAY BE UNDER DONE CONSIDERING SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THE SYSTEM AND LONG FETCH OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE FEEDING INTO THE
SYSTEM WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME DEGREE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE
GETTING INTO THE ACT LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. FLOODING WILL
CERTAINLY BE AN ISSUE ON MOST MAIN STEM RIVERS IN THE
FORECAST AREA ALREADY NEAR BANK FULL DUE TO SNOW MELT...SO WILL BE
ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WITH THIS
PACKAGE. SEE HYDRO SECTION BELOW FOR DETAILS.
Hydro section...
HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT FORECAST AREA WILL SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY THRU TUESDAY WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS MUCH RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ESPECIALLY WITH RIVERS AND STREAMS SWOLLEN FROM RAPID SNOWMELT OF WHAT WAS A VERY DEEP SNOW PACK ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THUS A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THRU EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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