THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


TROPICAL SUMMARY MESSAGE



 
PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 64 FOR REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
5 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004        


...TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN HAS LOST THE LAST OF ITS TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS AND HAS BECOME A REMNANT LOW ON THE FRONT PUSHING
THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC STATES.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE UP FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...CENTRAL NEW YORK
STATE...PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA... PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN
MARYLAND...AND VIRGINIA.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE...
PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.


THE 5 AM EDT...09Z...THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION FOR THE REMNANT LOW
THAT ONCE WAS IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR 37.9 NORTH LATITUDE AND 77.5
WEST LONGITUDE... OR APPROXIMATELY 25 NORTH-NORTHWEST OF
RICHMOND...VIRGINIA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 15 MPH WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB OR 29.47
INCHES. OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS...THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER HAS BEEN
MOVING IN AN EAST-NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH.
BY MORNING THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD CHESAPEAKE
BAY.  ON SATURDAY THE REMNANT LOW IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A TURN TO
THE SOUTHEAST...MOVING TO NEAR CAPE HATTERAS BY SATURDAY EVENING
WHILE IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. 


SELECTED STORM 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 2 AM
EDT.

LOCATION                      24 HOUR TOTAL


KENTUCKY...

LONDON                        4.08
JACKSON                       2.47

OHIO...

ZANESVILLE                    2.23
BARNHILL                      2.09
AKRON                         1.51

WEST VIRGINIA...

CLARKSBURG                    2.61

VIRGINIA...

CHARLOTTESVILLE               1.83
DULLES                        1.70
LYNCHBURG                     1.56
QUANTICO                      1.05


PENNSYLVANIA...

WILLIAMSPORT                  5.87
ALTOONA                       5.51
ALLEGHENY CO AIRPORT          5.25
PITTSBURGH                    5.02
SELINSGROVE                   4.86
SCRANTON                      3.10

NEW YORK...

BINGHAMTON                    3.15
ELMIRA                        2.98
ALBANY                        1.19

MASSACHUSETTS...

PITTSFIELD                    1.42

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A FLOOD THREAT THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND COASTAL NORTHERN
MID ATLANTIC STATES.  EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2
INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT...09Z...POSITION...REMNANT LOW THAT ONCE
WAS IVAN IS 37.9 NORTH LATITUDE AND 77.5 WEST LONGITUDE. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB OR 29.47 INCHES. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION
CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER
OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS STORM.

ZIEGENFELDER




Last Updated: 519 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004