Heavy Rains in New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware...

A slowing moving area of showers and thunderstorms produced very heavy rain on Friday, August 21, 2009 and Saturday August 22, 2009. In Maryland, Ridgely recorded 13.13 inches; Dover, Delaware 6.50 inches; Estelle Manor, New Jersey 6.49 inches; Lawrence, New Jersey 5.33 inches; Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 5.35 inches and Philadelphia 3.35 inches. This rain was no associated with Hurricane Bill which passed about 300 miles east of NYC Saturday night. Central Park received 0.87 inches of rain during the August 21-22, 2009 period.

George Wright, AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. View our web site at WrightWeather.com.