HIGH WIND WARNING for New York City (Near Hurricane Force)

National Weather Service Upton NY ^ | November 13, 2003

[John H K]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1012 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...

A STRONG INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTH OF NEW YORK STATE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES BUILDS EAST. THE INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THESE HIGH WIND GUSTS...PERSISTING FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS...WILL DOWN MANY TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE REGION. PLEASE PREPARE FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DURING THIS TIME.

[nutmeg]

LOL!

Pretty scary wind gusts here in northern CT. It's only a matter of time until the power goes out here, I'm sure. We've got many big oak trees over 50ft tall... sure hope one doesn't fall on the house...

[finnman69]

Windows were really rattling this AM in Chelsea. The wind along the Hudson is very strong, tons of white caps.

[listenhillary]

Bump to find later

[John H K]

MOOS-LEM TERRORISTS have taken over HAARP in Alaska and are controlling our weather! (Triple-plying my tinfoil.)

[FeliciaCat]

The winds woke me up this morning. Very strong when I was walking to work.

[Mixer]

I live in Sussex County NJ and the winds all night were crazy. I thought the Siding was going to fly off of my house.

[wtc911]

Take the "N"...I'll send you the two bucks.

[samanella]

Naw, Sen. Clinton is going to blame it on Bush.

[rintense]

Shoulda been in my neck of the woods last night. Here in Michigan, we had gusts over 70mph. Thousands lost power, including me... hundreds of trees down... including a few in my woods. So brace yourself, NY... this will not be fun.

Of course, now we're getting lake effect snow.

[ladylib]

Probably caused by your windbag mayor.

[John H K]

http://www.lakevision.com/pictures/camera_7.jpg


I would imagine this will eventually create a Lake Erie "seiche" where the water starts oscillating back and forth after the wind stops.

[blam]

Buckle up in NY.

Gusty winds from north to south here on the gulf coast in Alabama, not to bad. The temperature is suppose to 'plunge' and tonight is forecast to be as low as 39, coldest day so far this winter, yesterday was in the mid-80's.

[Angelwood]

The wind seemed to be blowing harder and in a different direction than the winds of Hurricane Isabel this morning in Burke, VA and surrounding areas. On the way to the metro station, we saw three big trees down in one stretch of road. One was on power lines, one was broken near the front of a house with limbs partially in the street and the third was collapsed and covering a pickup truck.

[steve-b]

HIGH WIND WARNING for New York City

Hillary's in town?

[areafiftyone]

LOL - that's okay. If I take the train I usually take the 7. But I am trying to save money by not taking the train and not buying lunch or breakfast. I am getting cheap in my old age. Besides I lost a hell of alot of weight by walking to and from work. Its about 2 1/2 - 3 miles and takes me one and onehalf hours. Beats going to the gym!

[jmc813]

I'm in Northern Jersey, and at about 5:30 or so this morning, there was a gust strong enough to knock a picture which was above a closed window in my bedroom off the wall. Startled the heck out of me.

[areafiftyone]

LOL

[Mo1]

Of course, now we're getting lake effect snow.

Guess you don't have a problem with that global warming huh?

[John H K]

Will increase this afternoon, actually.

I looked at the records for Isabel in MD/DC and actually if OKX is right, the NYC area winds will generally be about as strong; there were no gusts above 50-70 mph in Maryland for Isabel.

[capydick]

Here at Exit 105, GSP , the lights have been flickering all morning. Probably just a matter of time before they go out for good.