Weekly Weather and Crop Report
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WEEKLY WEATHER AND CROP REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1030 AM EDT MON AUG 12 2013
... WEEKLY PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE SUMMARY...
TEMPERATURES
STATION PCPN AVG MAX MIN
ALBANY AP 0.77 70 85 51
GLENS FALLS 0.51 66 83 46
POUGHKEEPSIE AP 5.28 70 84 50
ROME GRIFFISS AF 0.04 67 85 48
CANTON 0.22 60 73 45
MASSENA AIRPORT 0.26 66 83 45
BUFFALO 0.91 69 83 50
NIAGARA FALLS 0.77 68 80 51
ROCHESTER 1.04 69 84 51
WATERTOWN AP 0.41 68 81 43
DANSVILLE AP 0.98 69 86 49
GENEVA 3W 1.02 65 81 52
HONEOYE 1.23 67 84 46
ITHACA 2.72 64 83 47
PENN YAN 0.98 68 82 52
SYRACUSE 0.26 69 88 51
WARSAW 1.46 62 80 49
ELMIRA AIRPORT 1.22 66 84 47
FRANKLINVILLE 1.24 61 82 41
BINGHAMTON 2.88 65 79 51
COBLESKILL 1.73 63 83 45
NORWICH 2.62 62 83 43
ONEONTA 3.06 60 80 44
BRIDGEHAMPTON 0.18 70 83 53
NEW YORK LAGUARDIA 0.24 75 89 64
...WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 5TH TO AUGUST 10TH 2013...
A LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE STARTED THE WEEK WITH DRY PLEASANT
CONDITIONS INCLUDING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF
AUGUST. THIS WEATHER PATTERN CARRIED INTO THE MIDDLE OF WEEK. AS THE
HIGH PRESSURE MOVED OFF SHORE A SOUTHERLY FLOW BROUGHT MORE HUMIDITY
AND WARMTH BY WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE. A CLUSTER OF STORMS EVOLVED
INTO A MULTI-CONVECTIVE COMPLEX (MCS) WHICH BROUGHT EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL AND FLOODING TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. A SPOTTER TO
THE SOUTHWEST OF MECLKENBURG REPORT 3.79 INCHES THURSDAY EVENING. MOST
AREAS SAW A LOT LESS RAINFALL. FRIDAY...A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS AND
SHORT WAVES PLOWED INTO A VERY HUMID AIRMASS AND PRODUCED A ROUND OF
MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NEW YORK STATE. MOST AREAS RECEIVED HALF AN INCH TO
NEARLY AN INCH OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER...AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING AND
TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE SOUTHERN
CATSKILLS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK. 5.17 INCHES OF RAIN
WAS REPORTED AT KPOU MAKING IT THE THIRD WETTEST DAY ON RECORD EVER.
SOME SPOTTERS NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS WITH ONE REPORTING
7.84 INCHES! COOLER DRIER RETURNED TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEK.
OVERALL TEMPERATURES WERE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DURING THE WEEK AND RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WERE EXTREMELY VARIABLE. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF PLACES WERE SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL...POCKETS IN CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL.