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Winds will ramp up prior to the hurricanes passage but it will be a tight pressure gradient setting up on its backside that will bring the strongest gusts occurring overnight into Saturday.
Arthur not affecting them directly. It's more from the Pressure moving in creating a squeeze and a tight gradient
Here's a look at the sustained winds at 4500 feet midnight tonight. Mt Washington is higher of course and gusts will be higher than this.
Arthurs winds are WELL off shore.. Winds on Mt Washington will be from North not East or Northeast.
Another look at the Pressures. See the squeeze play between the High & the storm? The tighter the bars the stronger the winds. SPC Hourly Mesoscale Analysis
Cape Cod and coastal Maine and Nova Scotia need to have a heads up on direct impact from Arthur. Going to scrape Nantucket but remember, the worst is always on the East side of a Hurricane. That will be over waters.
Arthur not affecting them directly. It's more from the Pressure moving in creating a squeeze and a tight gradient
Here's a look at the sustained winds at 4500 feet midnight tonight. Mt Washington is higher of course and gusts will be higher than this.
Arthurs winds are WELL off shore.. Winds on Mt Washington will be from North not East or Northeast.
Yep, I know that it's from a pressure greadient not the direct winds, should still be interesting. Local topography of the Presidential, amplifies winds, especially those coming from certain directions.
Water Vapor from 11am today(Arthur) vs 4pm October 29, 2012(Sandy) on right. Different color tables but it's obvious how insanely large Sandy was. Also notice the dry air is on reverse sides.
Looking at the data recorded on land I think the storm was over hyped, as usual. It was more of a tropical storm than a hurricane. There were no hurricane force winds, other than gusts of less than 1 minute, on land.
I'm thinking those that left are disappointed they did. This type of situation is why locals never leave and then when there is a real storm no one takes it seriously.
It was more of a tropical storm than a hurricane. There were no hurricane force winds, other than gusts of less than 1 minute, on land.
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There were reports of Hurricane force. 80-101 mph! I haven't gotten around to it yet to post. Yes, most intense winds are always on East side of storm but it was a hurricane and It was the immediate coast that was in danger not interior. Glad you were ok.
Over 20,000 people no power I believe. Maybe more.
Edit... Here's some.. these were the official recordings. A record for Cape Lookout. Not sure for state or not.
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NWS Wilmington Rain and Wind totals. Wilmington covers areas a bit south and west of where it made landfall. Waiting for Moorehead to post something.
There were reports of Hurricane force. 80-101 mph! I haven't gotten around to it yet to post. Yes, most intense winds are always on East side of storm but it was a hurricane and It was the immediate coast that was in danger not interior. Glad you were ok.
Over 20,000 people no power I believe. Maybe more.
Those were gusts not sustained and we had way more than that without power form a freak storm a week or so ago. I'm telling you this happens every time. The media always say the storm is way stronger than the data at landfall suggests.
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