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GFS seems to come in south of last few runs near or south of Toms River. Assuming the consensus is still for a ACY to Sandy Hook landfall. The NHC holding firm south towards Cape May...

A section from NHC disco.

HURRICANE SANDY DISCUSSION NUMBER 27

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012

1100 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

SANDY HAS TURNED A LITTLE TO THE LEFT DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...

WITH THE INITIAL MOTION NOW 035/12. THERE IS LITTLE CHANGE TO THE

TRACK GUIDANCE OR THE FORECAST TRACK SINCE THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY...

WITH SANDY EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWARD DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS

AND NORTHWESTWARD ON MONDAY. THE FORECAST TRACK BRINGS THE CENTER

NEAR OVER THE COAST OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES IN ABOUT 30 HOURS...

AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SOME OF THE GUIDANCE HAS AN EARLIER

LANDFALL TIME THAN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST. AFTER LANDFALL...SANDY

IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH THE DEEP-LAYER BAROCLINIC TROUGH OVER THE

EASTERN UNITED STATES AND GRADUALLY TURN NORTHWARD. A TURN TOWARD

THE EAST IS LIKELY BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD IF SANDY

SURVIVES THAT LONG.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 29/0300Z 34.5N 70.5W 65 KT 75 MPH

12H 29/1200Z 36.4N 70.9W 65 KT 75 MPH

24H 30/0000Z 38.7N 73.2W 70 KT 80 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP

36H 30/1200Z 39.8N 75.8W 60 KT 70 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP

48H 31/0000Z 40.6N 77.0W 45 KT 50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP

72H 01/0000Z 43.5N 77.0W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP

96H 02/0000Z 45.5N 75.0W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP

120H 03/0000Z 46.0N 70.0W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP

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GFS seems to come in south of last few runs near or south of Toms River. Assuming the consensus is still for a ACY to Sandy Hook landfall. The NHC holding firm south towards Cape May...

I think the Sat clearly confirms a more southern track, if only a tick, she's fully made the turn to the north. No matter if its a S. Jersey or central Jersey. NYC is in for some serious trouble.

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I think the Sat clearly confirms a more southern track, if only a tick, she's fully made the turn to the north. No matter if its a S. Jersey or central Jersey. NYC is in for some serious trouble.

it wouldnt surprise me if landfall occured closer the seaside hts area. Either way as you said its 30 - 36 hours of tropical storm force winds and a huge surge...

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NWS Extratrop surge site just updated with the 0Z GFS info - NYC and south, greatly increased surge over 18Z (which seems like a hiccup) but even higher than 12Z

Storm Tides of 10 feet for Atlantic City, 12 feet for Sandy Hook, 11 feet for the Battery.

However tides in LI Sound are lower than 18Z.

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The RAP has a band of heavy rain moving through from southeast to northwest timed with a big uptick in 10m winds between 09z and 12z. This matches well with the increasing RH at 700mb on the NAM and should be the point where we really start to see some of the better gusts especially along the coast. You can see the winds really getting going at the end of the RAP run at 12 hours as well.

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John what words come to your mind when you look at that image?

You can clearly see the shortwave on that loop coming in to scoop Sandy up and bring her in. Something truly amazing, and a storm that will likely be remembered along the lines of the greats for this area (Donna, Hazel, 1944, 1938, etc).

And I might have spoken too soon about Sandy making it past 70W, looks like she's turning fast enough that it might not happen. Central/S NJ landfall looks more likely in that case. No difference in impact for us however. :(

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