for a brief 6 hour period last night, Sandy was dropped to a Tropical Storm. As of 8am though, she has regained hurricane strength. I explained last night that hurricane status is irrelevant really because this will be a dynamically driven storm that will feature a phase with the arctic jet. This phase will allow for rapid intensification prior to landfall.
I can say now with pretty good certainty that NJ is the odds on choice for landfall. This storm is going to be a very wide, very powerful storm. Regardless of where it hits, this will have far reaching devastation. As Sandy moves on land, areas to the north (Long Island, Southern New Englad) are going to experience winds sustained of 50-70mph with rains. Areas to the south of landfall will receive the heaviest rains (upwards of 1 foot....12 inches) and have winds sustained 30-50mph. All indications that I have seen on the models show an event bordering on 2 days......48 hours.
Sandy is crawling now off the SE US coast and is actually undergoing some changes to her structure. This is the reason for the change in status....and yes, this change was shown on the models. Everything at this point has pretty good agreement.
We cannot stop the weather, but you can prepare. Today is the day for that. While preparing, please remember you local liquor stores, they do have plenty of items to help you through the next couple of days, and I am sure they could use the extra business :)
More to come. Thank you again to all the people who have liked my facebook and twitter feed. Updates will be flying out through both over the next few days (as long as I have power).
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