Binghamton, NY

Weather Forecast Office

Heavy Rainfall March 07 to 08, 2008

Rainfall
Surface Charts
Radar

The MPE graphic shown in this section are Multisensor Precipitation Estimates, otherwise known as MPE data. The data used to produce this graphic is a combination of radar and precipitation gages. Source: Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center.

When using MPE data, it is important to remember it is vulnerable to the same inaccuracies that can be caused by either radar or precipitation gages. For radar, problems would be: freezing or frozen precipitation, low topped convection, bright banding, the reflectivity/rainfall relationship in use, calibration of the radar, radar location and elevation, range degradation, and the radar's effective coverage. For precipitation gages, problems come from freezing precipitation, windy conditions, gage siting, undermeasurement by tipping bucket gages in high intensity rainfall, and gage maintenance.

A plot map of the observed rainfall amounts for the same period as the MPE graphic has been included. Note the differences in rainfall amount between the MPE and the observed rainfall amounts. One main area extends from the Wilkes-Barre area, through Scranton and Honesdale, to the Cooperstown, Delhi and Schohaire areas. This is showing that the MPE graphic is underestimating the rainfall that fell across that area.

New York
Location	Amount
Adrian	1.05
Altamont 2.7 SSW	1.68
Andes 6.8 W	1.61
Apalachin 3.0 ESE	1.37
Arnot Forest	1.5
Auburn	1.3
Avoca 3.5 N	1.1
Bethpage 0.9 NNW	2.87
Binghamton 1.8 SW	1.63
Bisby Gatehouse at ALC	2.41
Bloomingburg	2.18
Boonville 0.2 NW	1.28
Canastota 0.9 S	1.96
Candor 3.3 NE	1.51
Carmel Hamlet 5.8 N	1.95
Catlin	1.28
Cayuga 3.2 ESE	1.01
Cincinnatus	1.79
Cobleskill 5.7 W	1.71
Cooperstown Golf Course Rain Gage	1.31
Corning Observer	1.58
De Witt 1.4 WSW	1.5
Delanson 2.5 NNE	1.59
Delhi	2.04
Delhi 5.0 ESE	1.83
Deposit	1.68
Elma 3.5 NE	1.37
Elmira 1.3 ESE	1.58
Elmira Observer	1.47
Endicott 5.2 SSE	1.35
Erin	2.52
Freeville 1.5 NE	2.18
Greene 1.2 ESE	1.7
Groton 0.5 NW	1.63
Hancock 10.5 SE	1.28
Hartsville	1.12
Holland Patent 1.5 WSW	2.09
Horseheads 1.5 SSE	1.41
Hudson 8.2 S	3.42
Kattelville 1.0 ESE	1.49
Kenmore 2.7 E	1.67
Kingston 1.1 W	2.87
Lacona 3.6 SSE	0.43
Lansing 8.9 N	1.24
Mecklenburg	1.35
Middle Island 0.8 ESE	2.66
Morris	1.83
Newark Valley	1.5
North Brookfield	1.44
North Tonawanda 1.0 NNE	1.72
Norwich	1.78
Oakfield 6.5 WNW	1.48
Oneida 0.7 NNE	2.21
Oneonta	1.68
Oswego 5.0 ESE	1.74
Otisville 0.6 WNW	2.01
Perry 0.3 NNW	0.58
Phoenix 2.9 SE	0.7
Point Rock 0.6 SE	1.68
Riverhead 1.3 SSE	2.84
Rosendale Village 2.4 NNE	2.95
Saratoga Springs 2.0 WSW	1.55
Sherburne	1.74
Sidney 2.1 NE	1.71
Smith Valley 1.9 SE	1.35
Southport 3.8 SSW	1.46
Stamford 0.7 NNW	1.43
Unadilla 7.2 N	1.79
Van Etten 0.3 ENE	1.9
Vernon 0.4 NNW	1.85
Vestal 2.8 SSE	1.61
Waverly/Sayre	1.29
Whitesboro 3.9 NE	2.2
Whitney Point 1.7 SSE	1.53
Whitney Point Dam	1.47
Willet 1.8 E	1.86
Woodridge 5.5 S	2.03

Pennsylvania
Location	Amount
Abbottstown 2.4 N	0.67
Adamstown 2.5 SSE	0.96
Aldenville	1.56
Allentown 4.2 W	1.46
Ancient Oaks 2.3 WNW	0.56
Bellefonte 4.3 E	1.58
Bernville 1.3 SW	0.44
Big Shiney Mtn	1.08
Blue Bell 2.3 NW	1.73
Boalsburg 1.0 NNW	1.32
Bowmanstown 3.0 WSW	1.45
Bradford 6.8 S	0.76
Bridgeville 1.4 SW	0.37
Buckhorn Ridge	1.68
Canton	1.52
Chapman 6.6 NW	1.79
Collegeville 2.8 NW	1.71
Columbia Crossroads	2
Conyngham 3.9 NE	1.07
Dingmans Ferry 3.9 WSW	1.76
Dover 4.2 WSW	0.79
Dreher	1.04
East Smithfield	1.48
Edella	1.12
Edgemere	1.48
Eldred 5.1 W	0.92
Equinunk	1.45
Erie 5.6 SW	0.29
Everett 3.8 SW	1.26
Everett 4.1 S	0.7
Franklindale	2.2
Friendsville 6.8 NE	1.71
Germantown	1
Gilbertsville 0.9 S	1.45
Greencastle 0.3 SSE	0.76
Greentown	1.5
Harleysville 2.1 SW	1.71
Harveys Lake 7.7 SW	1.83
Hatfield 0.1 SSW	1.76
Hawley 3.8 NE	1.17
High Knob	1.36
Honesdale	1.19
Honesdale 2.4 NW	1.37
Hop Bottom	1.74
Hugo Corners	1.48
Hummelstown 0.6 ESE	0.63
Jim Thorpe 1.1 NNE	1.52
Jim Thorpe 1.1 NNW	1.4
Kulpsville 2.6 SSW	1.67
Latrobe 0.6 NW	0.63
Lawton	1.49
Le Raysville	1.72
Lebanon 1.1 S	0.7
Lehighton 3.3 WSW	1.54
Litchfield	1.28
Marysville 5.1 WSW	0.8
Merli-Sarnowski	1.04
Mifflinburg 1.4 WNW	1.27
Milanville 1.5 SE	1.27
Monroeton	1.77
Montrose	1.38
Montrose 4.5 S	1.54
Moscow	1.23
Muncy 0.5 SSE	1.51
Nazareth 2.2 N	0.67
Newry 1.9 SSE	0.66
North Wales 1.3 WSW	2.1
Noxen	1.51
Orwell	1.33
Orwigsburg 1.9 W	1.08
Palmerton 3.9 NE	1.39
Palmerton 5.8 ENE	0.72
Penn Hills 1.5 E	0.81
Pennsburg 3.0 ENE	2.01
Philadelphia 4.7 NE	2.38
Pleasant Mount	1.23
Port Matilda 5.8 E	1.46
Port Matilda 6.4 ENE	1.42
Pottstown 0.6 SE	1.32
Pottstown 2.0 NNE	1.33
Pottsville 1.3 WSW	1.13
Prompton	1.28
Rainsburg 9.0 S	0.42
Rainsburg 9.0 SSE	0.48
Ramblewood 3.7 WNW	1.56
Reading 1.2 SW	1.14
Reining Pond	1.2
Rileyville	1.32
Rockledge 1.3 SE	2.41
Schellsburg 2.6 WNW	0.56
Schnecksville 2.7 SW	1.32
Scrub Oak	1.16
Shehawken Lake	1.12
Shickshinny	1.32
Shrewsbury 1.3 SSE	0.7
Souderton 0.6 NNW	1.69
Spring Mount 1.3 N	1.85
St. Marys 1.7 SE	0.89
Stanfordville 0.4 SE	1.45
Stoddartsville	1.24
Stroudsburg 4.0 W	1.71
Thompson 3.9 WNW	1.53
Tobyhanna 11.1 NE	0.56
Towanda	1.72
Towanda 4.6 NNE	1.55
Troy	1.36
Troy	1.78
Tunkhannock	1.83
Upper St. Clair 1.7 W	1.04
Valley Green 0.8 ENE	0.64
Watsontown 0.2 N	0.62
Wcdl Radio Tower	1.24
Weatherly 1.1 W	1.59
Wellsboro 6.5 W	2.25
West Hazelton	0.84
West Lawn 0.8 S	1.25
Westfield 3.7 S	1.36
Westmont 1.1 W	0.86
Wolfdale 3.3 WNW	0.57
Wyncote 1.5 SSW	2.02

A cold front moved over the western sections of New York and Pennsylvania on evening of March 6th, 2008. The front drifted eastward becoming nearly stationary across the central parts of New York and Pennsylvania through Saturday morning March 8th. An upper level trough moved across the area sweeping the front north and east of the area on Sunday morning March 9th. This system spread rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches across parts of central New York and Pennsylvania.

Surface Charts March 06 to 08, 2008

This is a mosaic of National Weather Service radars across parts of the northeast. Radar loop starts at 1158 AM EST on March 7, 2008 and ends on at 758 AM EST on March 9, 2008

Radar Loop March 07 to 08, 2008