Maximum sustained winds associated with Sandy are now up to 90 mph.
Fox6 Meteorologist Wes Wyatt
Hurricanes
10/29/2012
Sandy Closing In on Southern New Jersey; Maximum Winds Now At 90 MPH
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Wind Speeds Reaching Tropical Storm Levels As Sandy Approaches New Jersey
Winds are also factor here at home, currently a wind advisory is in place for parts of the area:
...BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA...
.BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO A TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERACTION OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE
NORTHWEST AND TROPICAL SYSTEM SANDY TO THE NORTHEAST. NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM LATE MORNING UNTIL SUNSET. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG
AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS IN THE NORTHEAST
AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
Fox6 Meteorologist Wes Wyatt
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Sandy Now 310 Miles SSE of New York City, Max Winds 85 MPH, Pressure Down To 946 MB
According to the 8 AM Advisory, Sandy has maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. The center is now 310 miles SSE of New York City. The central pressure is now down to 946 mb and this is attributed to the large size of the storm.
The hurricane force winds at or above 75 mph extend 175 miles away from the center and the tropical storm force winds extend out 485 miles away from the center. The hurricane is on track to make a landfall late tonight in southern New Jersey or Delaware. Storm Surge is forecasted to exceed 9 ft in parts of New Jersey and New York, this includes the Big Apple and Atlantic City.
Fox6 Meteorologist Wes Wyatt
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10/27/2012
A Historic Weather Event About To Unfold
We are about to witness a very unusual weather setup as the tropical cyclone Sandy churns up the east coast and phases with an upper air trough. This setup brings back memories of “the perfect storm” from 1991. This was also known as the Halloween Nor’easter of 1991, the Nor’easter that absorbed hurricane Grace.
Sandy is expected to weaken into a tropical storm however the system will actually undergo rapid strengthening via non-tropical influences. This includes strong upper level support. Record low pressure levels could be set as the system moves onshore between the DelMarVa peninsula and Long Island on Monday. The wind field should expand and intensify, extending well inland. As colder air wraps into the system, heavy snow is expected to develop across portions of West Virginia.
The impacts from this system is expected to rival or surpass the impacts from last years Hurricane Irene. Unlike rapid weakening from a landfalling system, this particular storm will weaken very slowly. In fact, strong winds could persist over portions of the northeast through the end of next week. I’ve included the latest forecast model chart for 12 AM Tuesday. Notice the forecast central surface pressure levels in the low to mid 900 MB range.
Fox 6 Meteorologist Wes Wyatt
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08/29/2012
NHC update Noon Wednesday on Isaac
BULLETIN HURRICANE ISAAC INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 34A NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012 1200 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...ISAAC SOAKING SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WITH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS COASTAL STORM SURGE AND INLAND FLOOD THREAT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... SUMMARY OF 1200 PM CDT...1700 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.7N 90.8W ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM NW OF HOUMA LOUISIANA ABOUT 45 MI...75 KM WSW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB...28.73 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * EAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER... INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...AND LAKE MAUREPAS A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * INTRACOASTAL CITY TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER * MORGAN CITY TO SABINE PASS TEXAS A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO JUST WEST OF SABINE PASS FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1200 PM CDT...1700 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF ISAAC WILL MOVE FARTHER INLAND OVER LOUISIANA TODAY AND TOMORROW...AND MOVE OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS BY EARLY FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ISAAC IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS ISAAC CONTINUES MOVING FARTHER INLAND...AND ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM. A GUST TO 71 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT PILOT STATION NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON NEARBY SURFACE OBSERVATIONS IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF A STORM SURGE AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... * MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...6 TO 12 FT * ALABAMA...3 TO 6 FT * SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...3 TO 6 FT * FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND APALACHEE BAY...2 TO 4 FT THE DEEPEST WATER WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS. SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES. STORM SURGE VALUES OF ABOUT 8 FEET HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED AT SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA AND WAVELAND MISSISSIPPI. WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. AT ABOUT THE 30TH STORY...WINDS WOULD LIKELY BE ONE SAFFIR-SIMPSON CATEGORY STRONGER THAN AT THE SURFACE. RAINFALL...ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES...OVER MUCH OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT LOWLAND FLOODING. RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE NORTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY...WITH AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS BY FRIDAY MORNING. TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION AND PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY. SURF...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AND THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...200 PM CDT. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...400 PM CDT. $$ FORECASTER STEWART/ZELINSKY
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How Isaac will affect Alabama
Good morning! Dennis Washington here... I'm in the weather office again this morning helping Mickey and the Good Day Alabama team with coverage of Hurricane Isaac.
Hurricane Isaac is SLOWLY churning through southern Louisiana this morning. The storm has technically made two landfalls... the first one yesterday afternoon at the mouth of the Mississippi River, then again overnight on the LA coast.
Isaac is also a large storm. Heavy rain and gusty wind stretches from the LA/TX border all the way to the Florida Panhandle.
So how will Isaac affect Alabama? More rain and gusty wind today for southern Alabama, but for us here in northern Alabama... just a few scattered showers and thunderstorms today.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will remain in the forecast through the weekend. The greatest chance for rain during the next seven days will be Thursday, then will taper off as we start the weekend.
Have a great day!
Dennis Washington
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NHC 4am Wednesday update on Isaac
BULLETIN HURRICANE ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER 33 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012 400 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...ISAAC BEGINNING TO MOVE INLAND IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...DANGEROUS STORM SURGE AND FLOOD THREAT FROM HEAVY RAINS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT... SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.2N 90.5W ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM SSE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM SSW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...969 MB...28.61 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * EAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER... INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...AND LAKE MAUREPAS A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * INTRACOASTAL CITY TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER TO DESTIN FLORIDA * MORGAN CITY TO SABINE PASS TEXAS A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO JUST WEST OF SABINE PASS FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.5 WEST. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/H. A GENERAL NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF ISAAC WILL MOVE OVER LOUISIANA TODAY AND TOMORROW AND OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS EARLY FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ISAAC IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS ISAAC MOVES OVER LAND DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 51 MPH WITH A GUST TO 66 MPH WAS REPORTED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 51 MPH WITH A GUST TO 70 MPH WAS REPORTED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AT BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 969 MB...28.61 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF A STORM SURGE AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... * MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...6 TO 12 FT * ALABAMA...3 TO 6 FT * SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...3 TO 6 FT * FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND APALACHEE BAY...2 TO 4 FT THE DEEPEST WATER WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS. SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES. WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ONSHORE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. AT ABOUT THE 30TH STORY...WINDS WOULD LIKELY BE ONE SAFFIR-SIMPSON CATEGORY STRONGER THAN AT THE SURFACE. RAINFALL...ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES...OVER MUCH OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT LOWLAND FLOODING. RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE NORTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY WITH AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS BY FRIDAY MORNING. TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION AND PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SURF...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AND THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES...600 AM CDT AND 800 AM CDT. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1000 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER PASCH/ROBERTS
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