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Welcome to the neighborhood!

Thanks. Love it here --- love the lake (Forest Lake), the nature and the peace and quiet. I was also psyched for much better winter storms. This, however, I can do without. If it was just me and my wife --- fine. But throw an infant in and it gets scary and, well, annoying. That said, if everyone ends up just fine, I am excited to 'witness' this.

Btw --- off topic --- but looked at and loved the Lake Mohawk area --- was just at Kroghs for lunch!

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Borderline ctrl NJ from what I see.

that would be very bad for NYC/LI area for sure. surge is gonna be a big story with this storm as its gonna be over a couple high tide cycles. btw what kinds of sustained winds up here towards the metro area? from what i gather from todays model runs is sustained 40-50mph to gusts up to 75-80 mph sound right?

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at this point where would you see those winds actually occuring? im trying to get the word out the my family members who arent taking this seriously at all

Not exactly sure, but if I lived anywhere in NJ, NYC metro, Long Island, or southern New England, especially near the coast or in higher elevations, I would prepare for it.

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Sandy has an extrap pressure of 966mb. I think its highly likely we'll see sandy with pressures sub 960 at some point close to landfall. There has got to be some amount of pressure fall associated with the phase. I'd say 955mb at landfall if I had to guess

955 is strong! if we got to 955mb id be shocked id say more closer to 960-965mb. bottomline though with a consensus on a landfall from cnj-atlantic city people have better start taking this seriously this weekend and get into there heads this isnt gonna be like irene but alot worse.

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During Irene, we lost power for days, and the winds during that storm weren't even significant. It was 7 inches of rain in 13 hours that really caused most of the trouble. Although with Sandy you might have all that rain with periods of 45-60 MPH sustained winds along with gusts up to 70-80 MPH! Most amazingly, this will be the Metro areas second tropical storm/system in a row.

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During Irene, we lost power for days, and the winds during that storm weren't even significant. It was 7 inches of rain in 13 hours that really caused most of the trouble. Although with Sandy you might have all that rain with periods of 45-60 MPH sustained winds along with gusts up to 70-80 MPH! Most amazingly, this will be the Metro areas second tropical storm/system in a row.

I actually did not loose power at all for Irene, but we barely got any wind.

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Record low pressure at CPK was 958 mb

FWIW...Lowest pressure recorded with 1993 Storm of the Century was approx. 965 mb near the Delmarva

A NJ landfall with the pressures the models are hinting at would set the new state record for low pressure in NJ.

New Jersey Atlantic City 30.98 1/27/1927 28.37 3/6/1932 Newark 31.02 12/25/1949 28.45 3/13/1993

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It'll be interesting later to see the surge models-a track like the Euro, or the Euro/GFS ensembles would bring the surge up big time.

I could see 90+ mph gusts in places on the immediate coast, especially right/east of the track. But if you're in an area where that's a possibility, the water rise is the primary concern.

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All right cityfolk:

I got a close friend living within 10 miles of the shores in Brooklyn. I'll be chatting with her later - what should I tell her wrt risks of flooding?

if she is really 10 miles from the shore that is not even close to a surge zone. but there could be urban (rainfall related) flooding everywhere.

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It'll be interesting later to see the surge models-a track like the Euro, or the Euro/GFS ensembles would bring the surge up big time.

I could see 90+ mph gusts in places on the immediate coast, especially right/east of the track. But if you're in an area where that's a possibility, the water rise is the primary concern.

Yeah, the NHC should start putting up the forecast surge graphics over the next few days. The timing and the location

of the landfall will be critical to the actual tide levels recorded. It's really going to be a wait and see game with

how close to the astro high tide times the peak surge values coincide.

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Yeah, the NHC should start putting up the forecast surge graphics over the next few days. The timing and the location

of the landfall will be critical to the actual surge levels recorded. It's really going to be a wait and see game with

how close to the astro high tide times the peak surge values coincide.

I'm wondering if due to the longevity of the storm, that even if landfall misses out with high tide we can still get a bad surge regardless afterwards or before. This doesn't seem like a quick in-out storm like Irene and this should be a problem for a couple of tide cycles.

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