Heckuva way to end a heat wave

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for all of northern New York and Vermont through Sunday.

The weather map looks like somebody poured green paint all over our broadcast range.

Some of the language in the advisory sent by weather service meteorologists is eye-grabbing:

“A slow moving cold front will produce periods of localized very heavy rainfall across the North Country from this afternoon through Sunday morning. Initially the heavy downpours and isolated flash flooding will be across northern New York this afternoon and evening. But this threat will slowly shift into Vermont tonight and continue into Saturday, before slowly diminishing by Sunday afternoon.”

And I’m not sure what “convective nature” is, but it seems like something we should pay attention to when it’s in our forecast:

“Given the convective nature of the showers and thunderstorms, rainfall amounts will vary greatly from one place to another. Some locations will receive less than half an inch, while others – especially across the higher terrain of the Adirondack and Green Mountains – will have the potential to see 1 to 3 inches, with isolated higher amounts in a very short period of time. This very heavy rainfall will cause flash flooding and sharp rises on local streams and rivers. In addition, some minor low-lying flooding will be possible.”

In other words, batten down the hatches. And keep an eye on the sky and an ear to NCPR. We’ll bring you updated weather reports throughout the weekend.