AGUS71 KTAR 011811 HMDTAR HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER...TAUNTON...MA 111 PM EST MON DEC 01 2014 HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION: : THE MONDAY LATE MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING ALONG THIS FRONT. : THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG WITH LIMITED MOISTURE BEFORE STALLING SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND. STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FOR A TIME ON TUESDAY AND THIS WILL PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS. : THE STALLED FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. PERIODIC PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...AND RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS. THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION PERIOD WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN ACROSS INTERIOR NEW YORK AND INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND. : 48 HOUR BASIN AVERAGE FORECAST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING RANGE FROM 0.05 TO 0.35 INCH. : HYDROLOGIC DISCUSSION: : WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY WERE CAUSING MINOR SNOW MELT RISES TO SHOW UP ON AREA RIVERS. THE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL BRING THESE RISES TO AN END BY TUESDAY. THE RIVERS IN WESTERN NEW YORK WERE CRESTING OR HAD ALREADY CRESTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. : A FEW RIVER GAGES IN MAINE ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING AFFECTED BY ICE. : WARMER AIR MOVING NORTHWARD LATER WEDNESDAY AND PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL CAUSE MINOR RIVER RISES THROUGH MID- WEEK. : ACCORDING TO THE USGS WATER WATCH WEBPAGE...7-DAY AVERAGE STREAMFLOWS ACROSS THE NERFC REGION ARE GENERALLY NORMAL TO BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY DECEMBER. EXCEPTIONS TO THIS ARE IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND...WHERE RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT HAS RAISED FLOWS ABOVE SEASONAL NORMAL LEVELS. : FLOOD OUTLOOK DISCUSSION: : THE NERFC FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK GRAPHIC IS SHOWING THAT SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. : THE FLOOD OUTLOOK GRAPHIC IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: : HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NERFC/FOP : ADDITIONAL WATER AND WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE NWS/NERFC HOME PAGE AT http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/nerfc : $$ : THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL BE DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2 2014. IT WILL BE REPLACED BY A PRODUCT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NERFC/BRIEFINGS : HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION: NEAL STRAUSS HYDROLOGIC DISCUSSION: JEFF OUELLET