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Heavy, Flooding Rainfall Pounding Parts of Japan!

Written by Team Morecast

 

A strong upper low is moving across the Sea of Japan with tropical moisture streaming ahead of it. Showers and a few storms will produce torrential rainfall, especially over mountainous terrain like the Japanese Alps.

 

 

Rainfall rates exceeding 25 mm/hr will occur with the heaviest cells this afternoon and evening. Totals upwards of 75 mm will occur on south-facing slopes of the central mountains with 50-75 mm in cities like Kyoto and Nagoya. The Tokyo metro will see moderate to heavy rainfall with amounts 25-50 mm leading to localized flooding. The heaviest rainfall should gradually taper off overnight tonight into early Monday.

UPDATE: Numerous Reports of Large Hail and High Winds in the Mid-Atlantic

Written by Team Morecast

 

Strong to severe storms have raked across portions of the central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic Saturday afternoon and evening. Reports of hail to the size of golf balls (1.75 inches) and wind gusts 60-65 mph have been received. Major cities like Pittsburgh, PA and Baltimore, MD were affected. The storms passed off the coast around midnight.

 

Early Taste of Winter for Southeast Australia

Written by Team Morecast

 

A strong, cold, winter-like storm is moving across southeast Australia, bringing chilly southerly winds, heavy rain, and even some mountain snows.

Friday afternoon highs in the Melbourne metro are struggling to reach 13-14 deg, the second day in a row of temperatures more typical of June or July. The cool temperatures are accompanied by southerly winds gusting 40-60 kph in the city, and 60-90 kph along the coast to the south. They’ve also seen periods of moderate to heavy rain with totals of 20-40 mm in the past 24-36 hours.

 

 

Conditions have been harsher over other parts of Victoria and Tasmania. Hobart has seen record-threatening rainfall amounts of 100-150 mm in the last few days, along with persistent south to southeast winds pushing ocean water onshore (see tweet below). Damaging winds are affecting mountainous areas of Victoria with gusts to 133 kph at Mt. William. The Victorian Alps are also seeing heavy, wet snow.

 

 

The storm will move slowly off to the southeast in the next few days, but heavy winds and rains could linger along the coast for the next day or two.

UPDATE: Large Hail & Strong Winds Imminent for Nebraska!

Written by Team Morecast

 

Storms over the Central High Plains haven’t gone severe yet as of 5 pm CT. However, conditions are favorable for severe cells in western Nebraska within the next hour or two. These cells will develop and move southeast towards central and eastern portions of the state as well as the Kansas border area. An organized squall line could develop this evening that would enhance the threat for high winds.

 

 

Large hail up to two inches will be likely in western and central Nebraska. Gusty, damaging winds to 75 mph will also be a threat. The tornado threat remains minimal. Conditions are less favorable towards the Missouri Valley, so the severe threat should weaken early Friday morning.