9/9/2024
WT Staff
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September 9, 2024 908 am EDT
NWS: Strong storms upstate this afternoon, wind above 50 mph
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 359 am by NWS Binghamton
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Monday afternoon. A
few stronger storms may produce gusty winds over 50 mph, and small
hail.
Impacting Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-
Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware Counties
Streamflow Situation from the USGS network of streamflow gauges in New York State
Above normal to much above seasonal normal streamflows upstate in Genesee and Niagara River watersheds and north St Lawrence and Lake Champlain watersheds with normal to above seasonal normal volume through the central drainage basin Hudson River watersheds and south-facing watersheds Monday. Rain over the last few days has suppressed the severe drought in the northwest, the drought rating on Lake Ontario minor tributaries west section Niagara, Orleans and Monroe Counties rated below normal Monday. A below normal rating in the Lower Hudson watershed has escalated to moderate drought over the weekend, impacting Putnam and Westchester Counties. An area of the Upper Hudson River watershed is rated below normal impacting east-central Hamilton, south Essex and north Warren. As of this report, there are no extreme high or low flows recorded in the network.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) and State sources where available
Three hundred and fifty-two HABs on the dashboard Monday, down from 451 on the weekend. First HABs of the season are confirmed for Seneca - Cayuga Canal with new records added for the Finger Lakes. The latest impacted water body list is available here.
The latest satellite image uploaded by the NCCOS is partially cloud obscured, captured September 8 has widespread bluegreen bloom in St Albans Bay at high concentration 600 to 700 thousand cells per ml. The image is mostly cloud obscured at Baie Missisquoi with no HABs visible between clouds. The last image with a significant HAB signal in the northeast was captured August 29, at that date a large localized HAB along the north shore 2 million cells per ml has not been spotted since. Lake Carmi is mostly cloud obscured, there is a small spot visible with HAB evident at high concentration 600 to 700 thousand cells per ml. See the NCCOS color image of Lake Champlain here.
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