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Old 10-29-2012, 05:12 PM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Greenwich
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Thanks, forgot about that map.. the local WGCH keeps dropping in and out, they must be running on some backup because I hear a 60 Hz hum in the transmission.
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:17 PM
 
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Very similar to Irene.
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:20 PM
 
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Gusty, gusty. I thought things were supposed to start quieting down once Sandy made landfall?
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:22 PM
 
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it's getting windier & windier here... it is supposed to be close to
40 mph winds til.11 pm.
...We lost power for a.second...Thank God it's still on...
high tide coming tonite at midnite....
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:24 PM
 
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Gusty, gusty. I thought things were supposed to start quieting down once Sandy made landfall?
No kidding Mike.. same thing here, sounds scary outside...kinda glad it's dark
outside in a way..seeing tree limbs blowing wud b mega stressful.
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Central CT, sometimes FL and NH.
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Wow! Just felt an amazing gust. The whole house shook and it felt like the siding was going to peel off the house!
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:28 PM
 
Location: Greenwich
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Yeah something like that happened here scary sounding.
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:28 PM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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500 pm edt mon oct 29 2012

...sandy moving quickly toward southern new jersey and delaware...
...landfall expected early this evening accompanied by
life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds...


Summary of 500 pm edt...2100 utc...information
----------------------------------------------
location...38.8n 74.4w
about 30 mi...45 km ese of cape may new jersey
about 40 mi...65 km s of atlantic city new jersey
maximum sustained winds...90 mph...150 km/h
present movement...wnw or 300 degrees at 28 mph...44 km/h
minimum central pressure...940 mb...27.76 inches


watches and warnings
--------------------
changes with this advisory...

All tropical storm warnings for eastern north carolina have been
discontinued.

Summary of watches and warnings in effect...

There are no coastal tropical cyclone warnings in effect.

However...there are non-tropical high-wind warnings in effect for
portions of the mid-atlantic and new england states. Please see
statements from local national weather service forecast offices.

Hurricane-force winds are expected along portions of the coast
between chincoteague virginia and chatham massachusetts. This
includes the tidal potomac from cobb island to smith point...the
middle and upper chesapeake bay...delaware bay...and the coasts of
the northern delmarva peninsula...new jersey...the new york city
area...long island...connecticut...and rhode island.

Tropical-storm-force winds are expected north of chatham to
merrimack river massachusetts...the lower chesapeake bay...and
south of chincoteague to extreme northeastern north carolina.

For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by
your local national weather service forecast office.


Discussion and 48-hour outlook
------------------------------
at 500 pm edt...2100 utc...the center of hurricane sandy was located
by an air force reserve hurricane hunter aircraft and noaa doppler
weather radars to be near latitude 38.8 north...longitude 74.4 west.
Sandy is moving toward the west-northwest near 28 mph...44 km/h.
This general motion is expected to continue through this evening
until landfall occurs. On the forecast track...the center of sandy
is expected to make landfall along or just south of the southern
new jersey coast within the next few hours.

Maximum sustained winds are near 90 mph...150 km/h...with higher
gusts. Sandy is expected to transition into a frontal or wintertime
low pressure system shortly. Little change in strength is expected
prior to landfall. Sandy is forecast to weaken after landfall.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles...280 km...from
the center...and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to
485 miles...780 km. Sustained winds to tropical storm force are
occurring from southern new england through long island and long
island sound...and southward along the coasts of new jersey...
Delaware...and eastern virginia...and including all of the
chesapeake and delaware bays. Hurricane-force wind gusts have been
reported by ham radio operators across portions of extreme
southeastern massachusetts and rhode island. A ham radio operator
recently reported a sustained wind of 64 mph...103 km/h...with gust
to 86 mph...138 km/h in westerly rhode island...and another ham
radio operator reported a wind gust to 76 mph...122 km/h in
barnstable massachusetts.

The estimated minimum central pressure based on reports from the
hurricane hunter aircraft is 940 mb...27.76 inches
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Old 10-29-2012, 05:29 PM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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NBC CT

Milford, CT
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