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September 5, 2024 updated 934 am EDT
NWS: Rip Current
Surf Zone Forecast from the National Weather Service New York issued 318 am Thursday Sep 5
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
See the Surf Zone Forecast for NYS here.
Impacting Kings (Brooklyn)-Including the beaches of Coney Island Beach and Manhattan Beach
Coastal Hazards - Rip Current from the National Weather Service
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) delivers daily climate and weather information, including the Surf Zone Forecast. Daily sky condition, precipitation, visibility, air temperature, wind speed and direction, wave height, surf temperature, tide information, rip currents, lightning, severe thunderstorms, and the ultraviolet index are commonly included in this package, essential for beach-goers.
The Rip Current Outlook is a forecast of expected rip current conditions. Colored flags posted on surf beaches are the estimation of and expectation of local beach patrol, lifeguards, or local law enforcement officials having taken into consideration the details mentioned above, along with conditions on the ground. These colored flags refer to actual, current surf zone hazards.
More information on rip currents, here.
Streamflow Situation
Monitored rivers and streams run mostly normal statewide with a handful of sites much above seasonal and one record high value in the northeast. Raquette River is running higher at Raymondville than any Sep 5 recorded flow level in sixty-nine years of monitoring. In the northwest, three watersheds are experiencing normal to below normal flows, Niagara River - Lake Erie, Lower Genesee River and Lake Ontario minor tributaries west section with one or two sites below or much below normal. Lake Ontario watershed is rated severe hydrologic drought at Niagara, Orleans and west Monroe Counties. Two low flow ratings are recorded in the New Croton area of Lower Hudson watershed this morning, 3rd percentile heading to the New Croton Falls. No significant rain in the forecast.
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