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Wunderground euro wind forecast:

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That's pretty crazy... Basically a tropical storm type system in the NYC area.. With full folliage - that can be pretty significant.. Also- as others have been saying- are these winds perhaps not realistic b/c this is a global model? Could the winds actually be worse??

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so basically this model depiction is somewhat like Gloria's inpact, but for NYC.... From what I understand Gloria was bad from Eastern Nassau County on east....

If this storm comes in w/ similar pressure to the west of where Gloria came in.. NYC/Western LI will be pounded...

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It would depend on when it makes landfall. If further south in the chesapeake bay area it likely would have weakened considerably. If it manages to hug the coast and somehow make a direct hit on NYC then it would be a different story but that would be like a hole in one shot.

so basically this model depiction is somewhat like Gloria's inpact, but for NYC.... From what I understand Gloria was bad from Eastern Nassau County on east....

If this storm comes in w/ similar pressure to the west of where Gloria came in.. NYC/Western LI will be pounded...

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so basically this model depiction is somewhat like Gloria's inpact, but for NYC.... From what I understand Gloria was bad from Eastern Nassau County on east....

If this storm comes in w/ similar pressure to the west of where Gloria came in.. NYC/Western LI will be pounded...

I was 1 when gloria hit. my family was living in melville, western suffolk. We lost half our trees in the storm...was pretty bad. Im pretty sure the eye passed right over western suffolk...my dad claims the eye came overhead and he went outside...then the storm came back with a vengeance...

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I was 8 years old during Hurricane Gloria- and I remember it vividly.. I was also in Western Suffolk County - Dix Hills.. We lost about 5-6 very large trees.. The wind was howling by 6-7 in the morning and I remember my mother telling us that there was no way we were going to school.. In fact we all stayed home that day for good reason.. By mid morning- the storm was pretty bad.. We must have had winds close to 80mph at some point.. Up and down our street power lines were down and trees littered the streets for as far as the eye could see.. In fact the road was pretty much impassable..

We lost electric for 6-7 days..

As for the EYE.. Everyone remembers this part of the storm.. It got sunny by early/mid afternoon and basically- the storm was over.. The southwest eyewall had collapsed at that point.. The storm was moving very fast...

The clean up was crazy.. It took a long time..

What I remember most was the smell..... From all the fallen folliage, the smell is something i'll never forget.. It really was surreal.. While the whole thing was cool as a kid, i don't think i want to experience this again..

Jeff

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I remember Gloria. I was 9 years old. I remember playing ball on my street and I live on a bit of a hill.. I remember the wind being so strong that the ball got past me and was rolling down hill.. the wind was going the opposite direction.. the ball literally stopped and started rolling uphill.. I don't know why I remember that, but I do.

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Excellent discussion from Mt. Holly

.HYDROLOGY...

THE FLOW REMAINS HIGH ON THE MILLSTONE RIVER...ESPECIALLY GRIGGSTOWN

AND AN RVS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED FOR THIS POINT AT ABOUT 245

PM FOR THE RECEDING MILLSTONE.

AREAL FLOOD WARNING CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE

METEDECONK RIVER AT LAKEWOOD.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND

EVENING...AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SURGE NORTH AHEAD OF THE COLD

FRONT. IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW WIDESPREAD THE CONVECTION WILL BE

THURSDAY...AND FOR NOW IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE

INVOLVED.

AS FOR THE WEEKEND...HEAVY RAIN IS BECOMING A BETTER BET...BUT THE

POSITION OF THE HEAVY RAIN...AND TO A DEGREE ITS TIMING...ARE STILL

UNCERTAIN. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN COULD AFFECT

SOUTHERN AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT...AS TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH

INTERACTS WITH THE STALLED FRONT TO THE SOUTH. MODELS ARE HINTING AT

THIS...AND THE INTERACTION WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED...SINCE ANY

HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT WOULD BE WELL IN ADVANCE OF IRENE.

THERE ARE TWO BASIC MODEL CAMPS CONCERNING THE TRACK OF IRENE...WITH

PLENTY OF SPREAD IN BETWEEN. FOR NOW...THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN

LOOMS...BUT THIS IS TRACK DEPENDENT. THE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN WILL

CONTINUE IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...AND WE WILL WAIT TOO SEE

HOW THE TRACK OF IRENE AFFECTS THE REGION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR

HEAVY RAIN INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE 00Z/23 NAEFS CONTS TO HAVE THE BACK EDGE OF THE 2 INCH EVENT

FOR THE WEEKEND ALONG THE COAST WITH A PROB OF OCCURRENCE AROUND

50 PCT. THIS DIFFERS CONSIDERABLY FROM THE 06Z/23 GEFS WHICH HAS A

RANGE OF QPF OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS...MOST OF THE THE WEEKEND...AS

FOLLOWS

PHL MEAN 2.13 MAX 6.88 MIN 0.31

ABE MEAN 2.14 MAX 6.56 MIN 0.37

THE 09Z/21 SREF JUST IN AND WHICH ENDS 00Z/27 HAS BOTH A MEAN AND

MEDIAN FOR PHL OF 0.40 A MAX 1.16 AND A MIN 0.01.

YOU`VE SEEN THE 12Z/23 5 DAY HPC QPF ENDING 12Z SUNDAY WHICH HAS

1.8 INCHES NEAR HIGH POINT NJ AND I THINK THATS GOING TO BE A GOOD

IDEA OF WHATS AHEAD. THIS INCORPORATES THURSDAYS EVENT.

PRE: I THINK EVEN WITH THE GFS EAST AS PER ITS 06Z RUN...IT HAS WHAT

I THINK IS A NOTABLE BANDING SIGNAL WELL NW OF THE SFC LOW /HIGH

KI) AND WHAT I THINK IS A PRETTY STRONG PRE SIGNAL AS AN UPPER LVL

JET STRENGTHENS NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER AND 700/850 DEWPOINTS

HAVE A SEPARATE AXIS LIFTING NWD THRU OUR AREA ON SATURDAY.

ALSO...WHILE THE GFS MAY BE TOO INTENSE...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF

HAVE VERY STRONG PRES RISES JUST AFTER OF WHATEVER MOVES N OR NE

AND THAT COULD MEANS SOME STRONG GUSTY NW FLOW TRANSFER. THIS PER

HIGH WIND COMPOSITES FROM BOX.

SST WHEN I CHECKED YDY ALONG OUR E COAST HAD A POSITIVE ANOMALY OF

ROUGHLY A DEG.

ALSO...ECMWF AXIS OF QPF IS FAR WEST OF ALL OTHER MODELS...THE

00Z/23 EC MEAN IS A BIT FURTHER E THAN THE OP.

BOTTOM LINE... UNTIL ALL MODELS SHIFT EASTWARD...WE NEED TO CONTINUE

CONSIDERATION OF AT LEAST A LARGE SCALE RAIN EVENT WITH SQUALLY

WINDS... HIGH SEAS AND TIDAL FLOODING/DANGEROUS RIPS.

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Talking about a direct hit on NYC with hurricane force winds...

I know, I always assumed it meant few storms have hit the region at hurricane strength, not a direct hit on NYC itself (which is close to impossible). Some of these storms have made landfall on NYC's doorstep yet they don't really count even though "NYC" was most likely heavily effected as well.

Sorry I went a little O/T.

Irene keeps looking better and better, I haven't payed this much attention to a hurricane since 2005 (& Earl).

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