12/31/2024
WT Staff
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December 31, 2024 1030 am EST
New Year's Eve rain coming to all parts of NYS
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS river monitors in NY
Fair, 48 in the city, the high today around 54 degrees and mostly sunny. Rain and possibly a thunderstorm coming tonight before 1am, the rain with continue until around 3 am, delivering up to three quarters of an inch. Fair, 37 upstate west, NWS forecast center at Binghamton reporting partly sunny, high 47 for today, with rain coming tonight. Showers will start around 9pm, up to a half an inch coming down overnight, ending around 4am. Upstate north, it is overcast and 39 degrees, Burlington VT local forecast office says Massena will likely see rain after 4am, up to a quarter of an inch on the northern watersheds, already running much above seasonal normal.
Sandy Creek is flowing at a 99th percentile high level near Adams, this is part of the Lake Ontario minor tributaries west section, the neighboring St.Lawrence River watershed is recording water levels mostly above the 90th percentile. Water levels in the watersheds northeast, central, northwest and south drainage basins run above normal to much above normal Tuesday, see the map on the front page for high flows that get to the 99th percentile, updated through the day.
With high water levels observed throughout the network and more rain expected statewide tonight, anticipate more blue tags on the front page map tomorrow.
The central drainage basin is home to 15 million New York residents, with industry that relies on abundant fresh water supply. See our prior report, an example of streambed erosion impacting drinking water reservoir, here.
Lower Hudson River watershed still has Putnam and north Westchester Counties in moderate drought. These Counties are downstream of New Croton Reservoir, which has been building up water supply for New York City. There are no active floods and no low flows recorded in the reference network.
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued by NWS Burlington VT 308 am Tues Dec 31
A mix of rain and snow will develop early Wednesday morning and
continue across the mountains through Thursday. 2 to 7 inches of
snow is possible in St. Lawrence valley and a coating to 4 inches
across lower elevations of Vermont. A long duration accumulating
snowfall event is likely in the mountains.
Impacting
Northern St. Lawrence-Eastern Clinton-Eastern Essex-
Southwestern St. Lawrence Counties
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
See how drinking water facility compliance compares in Ohio, New York, Georgia, Louisiana and California, here.
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