A significant lack of rain since May of this year found many areas in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier New York regions with as little as 25 percent of normal rainfall through the end of July.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A significant lack of rain since May of this year found many areas in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier New York regions with as little as 25 percent of normal rainfall through the end of July.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 7:38 PM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Binghamton NY 838 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely Friday into Friday evening as a cold front moves through the northeast. The long weekend will be dry with warmer air moving in Sunday and Monday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... 730 pm update... Some high clouds moving through early this evening but otherwise expect skies to clear by later in the evening with fairly light winds. Can't rule out very patchy light fog in the valleys overnight though at this point it appears less likely as dew points are very low. Some clouds begin to move in late tonight ahead of the next system. Lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/... 2 pm Update... The best chance of rain in the upcoming week will be Friday. A strong cold front and upper level trof will drop through the area Friday afternoon and early evening. Models do bring some moisture north ahead of the front but not as much as shown on yesterday's runs. This should help with the severe potential and increasing low level instability due to surface heating. Best forcing east of interstate 81 and in NY. Continuing with the likely pops for the afternoon. Model soundings similar with Nam cape close to 1k and Gfs 500. Saturated soundings so a tall skinny cape. Deep wind shear still around 40 kts. Damaging winds are the most likely outcome. Showers and thunderstorms mostly exit the east in the evening. Partial clearing and windy post frontal. High pressure and a northwest flow of air Saturday will drop temps back into the 70s, making for a cool start to the long weekend. Cold enough air aloft for some lake clouds. In addition winds will be strong and gusty behind the low in se Canada and the high over the Midwest. Sunday warmer with the high over the area and building heights aloft. High temps back around 80. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... 2 pm Thursday update... The largely cyclonic pattern aloft this weekend will shift to a more zonal flow through the week...which will allow the cooler/milder air to move out and usher in a warmer air mass through the middle of the week. There is still the potential for a few showers and storms across the Twin Tiers and NE PA Tuesday as an embedded upper wave and associated inverted trough track through the mid-Atlantic region. There is still some uncertainty regarding the nwd extent of this precip shield...but confidence is decreasing as the latest 12Z model runs have all shifted the bulk of the precip well to the south. The one exception is the Canadian model...which still brings a swath of 1 inch of rain along and south of the NY/PA border. High pressure builds in across the region into the middle to latter half of the week. Should remain dry for most of the region with no significant chances for accumulating rain. High temperatures will warm from the low to mid 80s early in the week...into the mid to upper 80s, close to 90 by late in the week. Lows will warm as well...into the lower/mid 50s on Monday, into the upper 50s and 60s later in the week. && .AVIATION /01Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Fairly quiet night ahead, then attention turns to development of scattered thunderstorms during the day Friday. For now, some high VFR clouds are drifting overhead with light winds overnight. Confidence in valley fog has dropped considerably, since models were much too high on dewpoints today. The very dry air mass, and expected temperatures overnight, no longer support formation of fog beyond perhaps some light valley mist around dawn. Models are also starting to catch up on the reality of this and are backing off of the idea of fog for KELM. During the day Friday, a front will carry through the region to produce scattered thunderstorms. Confidence high enough for KBGM-KSYR-KRME-AVP to include TEMPO or PROB30 groups of CB, with most likely times as noted in TAFS. It is possible yet more iffy for KELM-KITH since convection may just start firing while heading east of those terminals, so for now CB not included in those TAFs. Winds generally variable to light southeast overnight, then south-southwest during the day Friday with some veering behind the front towards late afternoon-evening. OUTLOOK... Friday night through Tue...Mainly VFR except for possible predawn valley fog for KELM after Saturday. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NY...None. && SYNOPSIS...TAC NEAR TERM...PCF SHORT TERM...TAC LONG TERM...BJT AVIATION...MDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 823 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016 NYZ009-018-036-037-044>046-056-057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048- 072-020030- NORTHERN ONEIDA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING- LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 823 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES EAST TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR. STORMS WILL THEN MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH SOME POSSIBLY BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT HOWEVER LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ015>017-022>025-055-PAZ038-020030- YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-TIOGA- BRADFORD- 823 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THERE IS A CHANCE OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE JUST EAST OF THIS AREA. FOR SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The City of Ithaca and Cornell University were concerned with running out of a sufficient supply of drinking water from their reservoir sources.
Significant dryness due to lack of rainfall saw short term drought conditions deteriorating from Moderate to Severe Drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 651805, 651806, 651807, 651808, 651809, 651810, 651811, 651812, 651813, 651814, 651815.