Flooding Rain Last Night in Long Island with Over 13" in Islip...

Low pressure brought heavy rain last night and early this morning to Long Island and parts of southern New Jersey and Connecticut.  The rain is now falling heavily across New England. The rain developed during the late afternoon on Tuesday with the rain falling heavily late at night. A total of 13.10 inches of rain fell at the Long Island MacArthur Airport, 7.84 inches in Wantagh, 10.82 inches in Holbrook and 3.19 inches at the JFK Airport.  Central Park received only 0.70 inches of rainfall and Newark Airport only 0.58 inches.  The heavy rain is now moving into eastern New England with Flood Warnings posted there.  The weather will be mainly dry for the rest of the week in the Northeast.  Tropical storm activity is not expected in the Atlantic for at least the next five days.     
George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. Visit our website at WrightWeather.com. Follow George Wright on Twitter @gwweather.