Ithaca weather: Heavy rain to wrap up by Wednesday afternoon

Most of Virginia is under a flash flood watch.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for the mountains Tuesday as a rain system continued to blanket the region. Those in flood prone areas should remain vigilant and move to higher ground at the first sign of flooding.

“Today’s rainfall: A healthy 0.65″ of rain was registered at Reagan National Airport today, while BWI logged 0.56 inches. If that is the case, the Cape will be once again be battered by heavy rain and strong winds late in the weekend.

The Morris County Office of Emergency Management will monitor for flooding problems and work with Morris County Park Police to have high-water vehicles available in support of the OEM assets, if necessary.

Officials with the NWS said flooding is highly possible, based on current forecasts.

“We’re going to be throwing a lot more aircraft resources at this problem over the next few days”, he said.

Rains intensify Thursday night, with another three quarters of an inch of rain, and possibly up to 2 inches of rain on Friday.

Szatkowski said he’s “not ruling much out at this time”.

Heavy rain triggered flash floods across heavily populated parts of the Eastern Seaboard overnight – and forecasters warn, there could be more to come.

The position and strength of the upper low will ultimately determine the life and travels of Tropical Storm Joaquin.

The rain during the commute is expected to pour as much as an inch an hour in parts of the Massachusetts, before tapering off to showers later in the day, meteorologist Nicole Belk said.

Flooding is also a major concern. These will both to combine to squeeze moisture out of the clouds especially Tuesday night through Wednesday morning.