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Posted on 10/25/2012 8:53:50 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Late season Hurricane Sandy churning poleward off the Eastern U.S. coast.
Sea Surface Temps
Buoy Data: Current Observations
Never a 'serf', pal! I'll go out with guns blazing, as long as I don't shoot myself in the foot ... again ............................................................. FRegards
Any body out there going duck hunting right before it hits?
I’ll bet the birds will be feeding heavy the next couple days....
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Statement as of 9:48 PM EDT on October 26, 2012 ... Potential historic storm for central Pennsylvania... As of Friday evening... Hurricane Sandy was moving just north of the Bahamas on a track that is expected to take it off the southeast Atlantic coast... before being drawn back northwestward to make landfall along the mid Atlantic coast... somewhere between the Delmarva Peninsula and Long Island. Sandy is expected to intensify as it interacts with an upper level trough moving out of the Great Lakes... and indications are that the region could experience a widespread damaging storm... possibly of historic proportions. Widespread damaging high winds are possible. The storm track is still uncertain... but the worst case scenario would have the storm moving into the Delmarva Peninsula during the day Monday... which would produce a damaging wind threat that would develop during the day Monday and possibly last into Tuesday. In addition... widespread heavy rains... possibly as much as 6 to 10 inches in some spots... would cause significant flooding on rivers and streams across the region. Rain can be expected to begin during the day Sunday or Sunday evening... and continue into Monday when it will become heavy at times. This has the potential to be a large and record setting storm... with widespread wind damage and flooding the most likely threats. The combination of the heavy rain and wind will create the potential for widespread power outages and significant flooding. At this time... the most likely time frame for the worst of the rain and wind looks to be late Monday into Tuesday. This means there is still time to prepare. Some suggested pre storm actions are: yada yada yada . . . |
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Statement as of 5:14 am EDT on October 27, 2012 ... Potential historic storm for central Pennsylvania... As of early Saturday morning... Hurricane Sandy has been temporarily downgraded to a strong tropical and was located 350 miles to the southeast of Charleston South Carolina. This storm is forecast to strengthen back into a minimal hurricane by late Sunday night as it moves over the warmer waters of the Gulf Stream east of the Outer Banks . . . |
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Per FOX News........back to hurricane strength.
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Hurricane bump.
Just you wait...they'll be sorry!
Offshore buoys storm update:
Frying Pan Shoals weather buoy off of Cape Fear, NC is showing 18’ seas with steady 40mph wind gusting to 50.
Cape Canaveral, FL buoy is showing 27’ seas, steady 60mph wind gusting to 78.
Beaufort Wind Scale
Windspeed
in MPH Description - Visible Condition
0 Calm smoke rises vertically
1 - 4 Light air direction of wind shown by smoke but not by wind vanes
4 - 7 Light breeze wind felt on face; leaves rustle; ordinary wind vane moved by wind
8 - 12 Gentle breeze leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag
13 - 18 Moderate breeze raises dust and loose paper; small branches are moved
19 - 24 Fresh breeze small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland water
25 - 31 Strong breeze large branches in motion; telephone wires whistle; umbrellas used with difficulty
32 - 38 Moderate gale whole trees in motion; inconvenience in walking against wind
39 - 46 Fresh gale breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress
47 - 54 Strong gale slight structural damage occurs; chimney pots and slates removed
55 - 63 Whole gale trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs
64 - 72 Storm very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage
73+ Hurricane devastation occurs
11 AM advisory has the pressure down to 958mb. That is more like the pressure for a Cat 3 hurricane. Tropical storm-force winds span 660 miles.
Everyone stay safe. I’ll be watching from afar as it goes over my home. Hoping this storm doesn’t live up to the previews!
Are you really in Japan! Very cool!
Do folks understand what will happen in the way of power outages when this windfield moves into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast? EVERY FREEPER from the NC/VA border north to Maine and out to the PA/Ohio border should have at least two weeks of potable water on hand, or the means to produce such. And non-perishable food.
This is not Weather Channel hype. There simply is no precedent in the modern meterological record for this type of storm. Maybe it won't be bad. But every indication is that it will be.
I think you may be right and I’m hoping the hype is bigger than the storm this is the rare combination of a hurricane with a very deep central core merging with another strong system and coming into the coast a nearly a right angle, during a full moon to boot. The 1991 “Perfect Storm” caused millions of dollars in damage and that didn’t even hit a populous area, IIRC, didn’t even come on shore.
Unbelievably there are some people here claiming this is nothing but hype purely manufactured and “faked” by the “media” in order to help Obama and that nothing will happen other than a light breeze and some rain showers.
What people need to understand is that this storm is massive, some 800 miles wide, has a huge wind field and, perhaps even more importantly, untypical for a hurricane or nor’easter, it will not move through quickly. Two days of tropical storm force winds combined with torrential rains and an unprecedented storm surge in the most populous area of the country is not a good thing. BTW, parts of WV could get up to 50” of snow!
EVERYONE in the impacted region needs to be prepared for power outages that could last more than two weeks. And the most critical factor is to have enough potable water on hand for that time period. A gallon per person per day. Fill everything that can hold water. Now.
Northern Virginia Romney rally scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed. Virginia Gov McDonnell says first responders need to be preparing for storm instead. So Romney is going to Ohio.
If nothing much happens and I don’t lose power, none of things will go to waste. And I’m keeping an eye on the forecast and if the you know what appears ready to hit the fan, I have my go bag ready and will drive ten minutes away to my niece’s house before things get too bad, taking my provisions with me. My niece’s husband is a prepper and a camper and works for an HVAC co. and has not only a gas powered generator but a generator he can run off his diesel work truck.
The grocery store was well stocked however the checkout line was long but not because the store was crowded but because they only had two checkout lines and one express lane open - ugg. I did observe a few others like me, stocking up on the types of things I bought but then I also saw people buying frozen foods and fresh meats and other perishable foods.
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