"You sure about this? Storm Surge COULD reach 14 feet if this were a class 4 storm."
Believe it. Here's why:
1. Angle of arrival is 90 degrees to the coastline. Very unusual' worst-case scenario (multiple hours of "pushing water" to shore).
2. VERY large storm. Lots of energy to push over a much wider-than-normal swath.
3. Certain areas much more susceptible to flooding that aren't even near the center of circulation due to geography - NYC in particular - due to "funnel" effect of water being driven from a wide bay into a narrow feeder.
Also note this new tweet:
(Dr.) Ryan Maue Ryan Maue [meteorologist PhD] @RyanMaue Largest waves still well offshore, will lag landfall -- tonight's surge looks dire. 45 foot wave/swell east of center pic.twitter.com/pS78EaUA
Full moon, too.
New London CT has already had 1 high tide with this storm. Ferry parking lot was flooded. Tonight’s high tide will be worse.
Lost power for an hour earlier today, but it has come back on. Just windy with a little rain in inland CT. I think we’ll be ok, but the shore is going to be hammered.