Late Monday Morning Sandy Update

11 AM EDT - Hurricane Sandy has gotten STRONGER! It is located about 205 miles SE of Atlantic City, NJ. Sustained winds are up to 90 mph and the pressure has fallen to an amazing 943 mb!! Sandy is forecast to make landfall near Atlantic City, NJ tonight/early Tuesday Morning.

11 AM EDT Hurricane Sandy Forecast Track & Stats

This is stronger than the 1938 Long Island Express Hurricane that was 946 mph. What this means is that MORE water could pile up along the Jersey Shore and Long Island, NY. I hope everyone who is reading this up north is prepared for the worst!! This storm is going to be much worse than Hurricane Irene was last year. This storm is HUGE and the wind field is massive! Don't focus on where it makes landfall. Tropical storm force winds extend 485 miles upward from the center in all directions. Hurricane force winds extend 175 miles upward from the center. A 20 mile wide eye has now developed too. Please take this storm VERY SERIOUSLY! There will be a life-threatening storm surge to hurricane force winds along the coast to Appalachian Snows! This is a MASSIVE storm!

Coastal Areas: All preparations should be COMPLETE by now! If you are along the coast and are prone to flooding, then you need to evacuate now! I have seen pictures of people on Facebook who are staying in their homes to "ride out the storm" and now their home is surrounded by water...and the worst part of the storm has yet to come!! Please use common sense and don't take any chances. The heavy rain is already falling and that will lead to flash flooding ahead of the storm surge. Please watch local streams, creeks, and river for rapidly rising water!! Significant wind damage with winds of 50-75 mph with gusts as high as 90 mph are possible and that will cause widespread power outages that could last for days!

Ocean City, NJ Boardwalk webcam

Inland areas: You can expect to have tropical storm force winds starting tonight and lasting through Tuesday with winds of 40-50 mph with higher gusts. This will cause trees and power lines to come down which will lead to widespread power outages well inland from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Heavy wind-swept rain with totals around 2-4 inches are forecast. High Wind Warnings & Flood Watches are in effect for all inland areas. Keep an eye on local streams, creeks and rivers for quickly rising water!

Stay calm and safe! Stay tuned to my updates here and on Facebook. Watch local news for local updates, and please listen to local officials. If they tell you to evacuate, then leave! Possessions can be replaced, you can't be replaced! -Dave

Comments

Comparison between Hurricane Matthew's possible forecast track loop vs Hurricane Betsy's

Some of you have been calling to say that Matthew's forecast to do a loop in the Atlantic Ocean off the SE U.S. is the same as what Hurricane Betsy did back in 1965. Well...that is not true. Betsy formed on August 27, 1965 just off the Leeward Islands. It quickly became a tropical storm on the same day, and then became a hurricane on August 29. It made a few loops in its track with one north of Puerto Rico and a second north of the Bahamas. There is a strong area of high pressure that was preventing Betsy from moving to the north, and that is what caused it to loop. After the second loop, it then moved SW across the Bahamas, then turned west to move over far South Florida and then into the Gulf. It eventually turned to the NW and quickly tracked right to New Orleans where it made landfall as a major hurricane on September 9th. Hurricane Matthew formed in the Atlantic east of the Leeward Islands as a tropical storm on September 28. It quickly moved west into t...

The Great Flood of 1983

It was 30 years ago that the Baton Rouge area experienced what is likely the worst flood in its history! On April 5-9, 1983 we were hit with 6 to 13 inches of rain from a slow-moving storm. This rain quickly ran off into the Amite, Comite, Tickfaw and Tangipahoa River Basins. Some of the highest rainfall totals were in the headwaters of the Amite River in the Felicianas and South Mississippi. Also, there were some strong easterly winds which slowed down the water from draining into Lake Maurepas and Pontchartrain. These were some of the reasons why the flooding occurred in Baton Rouge & Denham Springs. The weather map to the right shows the weather for April 8, 1983. A stalled front over the Southeast U.S. lead to the heavy rain event and flooding. The rivers quickly rose and spilled out of their banks. The rain didn't stop, so the water continued to rise and rise. Rivers rose to what are still the record levels. The Amite in D...

The Unseasonably Cool Weather Continues

Short Term Forecast : It is a very cold morning across the Capital City with clear skies and temperatures in the 30s. A light freeze is expected! I hope that you brought in your plants last night. Take that jacket with you this morning. An area of high pressure remains over the Southeast U.S. today. This will keep us sunny and with the northwest winds over us, we will stay cool. High temperatures will be in the upper 50s. Another freeze is expected tonight for the Baton Rouge area. We will be clear with calm winds and very good radiational cooling. Low temperatures will fall into the upper 20s to lower 30s. The NWS has issued a Freeze Warning for areas along and north of the I-10/12 corridor from 2 AM to 8 AM Wednesday Morning. The freeze could last 2 to 6+ hours and that would be long enough to kill any vegetation. Make sure you bring in your plants or at least cover them tonight! Bundle ...

Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum's Weather Blog

Search This Blog