Weather NOAA Warning of "Frankenstorm" for NYC - Page 3

**gblowfish** · 10-25-2012, 03:37 PM

Next week, hurricane winds with snow. I'm sure NYC will handle that well...
Story is here:
http://news.yahoo.com/noaa-east-bewa...171317994.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey.

Government forecasters on Thursday upped the odds of a major weather mess, now saying there's a 90 percent chance that the East will get steady gale-force winds, heavy rain, flooding and maybe snow starting Sunday and stretching past Halloween on Wednesday.

Meteorologists say it is likely to cause $1 billion in damage.

The storm is a combination of Hurricane Sandy, now in the Caribbean, an early winter storm in the West, and a blast of arctic air from the North. They're predicted to collide and park over the country's most populous coastal corridor and reach as far inland as Ohio.

The hurricane part of the storm is likely to come ashore somewhere in New Jersey on Tuesday morning, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecaster Jim Cisco. But this is a storm that will affect a far wider area, so people all along the East have to be wary, Cisco said.

Coastal areas from Florida to Maine will feel some effects, mostly from the hurricane part, he said, and the other parts of the storm will reach inland from North Carolina northward.

Once the hurricane part of the storm hits, "it will get broader. It won't be as intense, but its effects will be spread over a very large area," the National Hurricane Center's chief hurricane specialist, James Franklin, said Thursday.

One of the more messy aspects of the expected storm is that it just won't leave. The worst of it should peak early Tuesday, but it will stretch into midweek, forecasters say. Weather may start clearing in the mid-Atlantic the day after Halloween and Nov. 2 in the Northeast, Cisco said.

"It's almost a weeklong, five-day, six-day event," Cisco said Thursday from NOAA's northern storm forecast center in College Park, Md. "It's going to be a widespread serious storm."

With every hour, meteorologists are getting more confident that this storm is going to be bad and they're able to focus their forecasts more.

The New York area could see around 5 inches of rain during the storm, while there could be snow southwest of where it comes inland, Cisco said. That could mean snow in eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania, western Virginia, and the Shenandoah Mountains, he said.

Both private and federal meteorologists are calling this a storm that will likely go down in the history books.

"We don't have many modern precedents for what the models are suggesting," Cisco said.

It is likely to hit during a full moon when tides are near their highest, increasing coastal flooding potential, NOAA forecasts warn. And with some trees still leafy and the potential for snow, power outages could last to Election Day, some meteorologists fear.

Some have compared it to the so-called Perfect Storm that struck off the coast of New England in 1991, but Cisco said that one didn't hit as populated an area and is not comparable to what the East Coast may be facing. Nor is it like last year's Halloween storm, which was merely an early snowstorm in the Northeast.

"The Perfect Storm only did $200 million of damage and I'm thinking a billion," said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private service Weather Underground. "Yeah, it will be worse."

But this is several days in advance, when weather forecasts are usually far less accurate. The National Hurricane Center only predicts five days in advance, and each long-range forecast moves Sandy's track closer to the coast early next week. The latest has the storm just off central New Jersey's shore at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

As forecasts became more focused Thursday, the chance of the storm bypassing much of the coast and coming ashore in Maine faded, Cisco said.

The hurricane center's Franklin called it "a big mess for an awful lot of people in the early part of next week."

Chiefs Pantalones · 10-26-2012, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DTLB58

It could leave some towns without power into election day.

Hanging chads anyone...

It's a conspiracy!

To DC we go lol

**sd4chiefs** · 10-26-2012, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BoneKrusher

stay safe man, they say the outerband of wind could reach over 350 miles from the center.

Bump · 10-26-2012, 04:29 PM

BRING IT!

Bump · 10-26-2012, 04:29 PM

I just don't want to lose power. The boredom might kill me.

BoneKrusher · 10-26-2012, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

I just don't want to lose power. The boredom might kill me.

same here.
i lost power for 4 days when the storms hit in June and the cel phone towers in this area were down as well.
with this storm they say power could be out for weeks.

**chefsos** · 10-26-2012, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BoneKrusher

same here.
i lost power for 4 days when the storms hit in June and the cel phone towers in this area were down as well.
with this storm they say power could be out for weeks.

I think, in this day and age, that's shameful. It just shouldn't take that long to restore power to customers.

**Dylan** · 10-26-2012, 05:13 PM

Oh. My. God. Scary video clip.

I am used to dialing up. Do you think restaurants will deliver?

What types of food should I buy in case of an emergency? Honestly, I do not each much.

I have a gallon of water and one of those super-sized flashlights. That is it.

JD10367 · 10-26-2012, 05:19 PM

Got my six gallons of water, my AA and AAA batteries, and--most importantly--a nice emergency radio that can be hand-cranked and also will USB charge a device (meaning I can power my iPod Touch, my Nook, and my cellphone if we have cell service). Bought bags of chips, boxes of crackers, some fruit cups, two loaves of bread, food for the cats.

Bump · 10-26-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylan

Oh. My. God. Scary video clip.

I am used to dialing up. Do you think restaurants will deliver?

What types of food should I buy in case of an emergency? Honestly, I do not each much.

I have a gallon of water and one of those super-sized flashlights. That is it.

should always have at least a weeks worth of water and dry food stored IMO

BlackHelicopters · 10-26-2012, 05:33 PM

Power outages suck.

**Dylan** · 10-26-2012, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

should always have at least a weeks worth of water and dry food stored IMO

Oh, ok.

Thanks, Bump.

Bump · 10-26-2012, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylan

Oh, ok.

Thanks, Bump.

I'm sensing sarcasm. But I can't tell if it's because it's obvious or if you think it's stupid to prepare.

**bevischief** · 10-26-2012, 05:55 PM

Any chance this wipes out Congress and the White House?

**Dylan** · 10-26-2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

I'm sensing sarcasm. But I can't tell if it's because it's obvious or if you think it's stupid to prepare.

Honestly, I am not being sarcastic. I've never been in this kind of situation before. New York City never takes a direct hit - We're used to heavy rains...Terrorism...

And my parents are out of town...

**Dylan** · 10-26-2012, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bevischief

Any chance this wipes out Congress and the White House?

That bastard will be sleeping like a baby as my building floats away.

(sarcasm)

10-25-2012, 03:37 PM
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