HURRICANE UPDATE: Monday Morning + John Ghiorse’s Outlook
Monday, October 29, 2012
Just after midnight Sandy was located just under 500 miles south of Providence, moving north-northeast around 14 MPH. The eventual landfall of the center should be late tonight along the New Jersey coast. But, as previously stated, this storm covers a very large area and dangerous weather conditions exist over a few hundred miles from the storm center.
It looks like we can expect to see wind gusts in the range of 40-75 mph much of this afternoon and evening along with severe shoreline and beach battering. Widespread power outages are likely. A tidal storm surge of 3-6 feet late today and this evening likely will cause major flooding along the coast and around Narragansett Bay. Tides are high between 8 and 9 PM. This is the most serious coastal flood threat since Hurricane Bob in 1991. We will see bands of heavy rain move across the area but the heaviest rain should occur to our west through New York and New Jersey.
All your preparations for the storm should be complete at this time. I will continue to update you throughout the storm.
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