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East Coast Threat/Sandy Part III


free_man

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What types of winds are people thinking? We really going to get sustained tropical and hurricane force winds inland? Or more like tree top high wind warning 50mph gust type stuff?

It depends on a few factors...

1.) Just how strong the storm is itself pressure-wise

2.) how fast the forward speed is when it comes ashore

3.) Where it comes ashore

4.) If it is intensifying almost up until landfall

There's potential for some really high winds, even inland...but you need a lot of factors to line up. If it makes landfall in Cape May heading WNW, then the winds wont be that impressive in SNE on the whole...if it makes landfall heading NNW into NYC or W LI, then it will almost definitely produce winds considerably stronger than what was seen in Irene.

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This question might belong in the general forum thread but since the most lively discussion is here I'll pose this here...that looks like an awfully big pool of mid level dry air over GOMEX to Sandy west and WSW...what happens when/if she takes a big gulp of that?

That dry air has been there for days, but I see your concern. Initial thought was that some of that dry air would get entrained into the LLC prohibiting strengthening. We all know how that worked out....

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