well I guess I know what I am doing Saturday...cleaning leaves out of gutters...getting gas for generator and chainsaw...running extension cables...and stocking up on beer and cigarettes....
I'm out here now, keep an eye out for this as we are going to enjoy the Calm before the Storm, then away it goes in a safe place..............
Is it time to predict 5.00 gas in the NE next week and for a while after that? I wish everyone luck in the path and want to say I am so sorry in advance for my use of fossil fuels which obviously caused this. maybe I should have listened to Al Gore NAAAA! Natural disasters are serious matters and I do mean it be careful up there.
Just filled my 20# and 40# propane tanks ... next is to hump a load of firewood from the far backyard to the storage bins on the deck I use during the winter. ... contemplating trying to find a small generator o No:
get the mukaluks and toques out boys - be glad you dont live in the great white north - where winter started long time ago - never really goes away except the week in aug Ft. Resolution Region including Hwy. 6 3:24 PM MDT Friday 26 October 2012 Snowfall warning for Ft. Resolution Region including Hwy. 6 continued Heavy snowfall continues. Convective clouds forming in a northerly flow off the open waters of Great Slave Lake will continue to produce heavy snow showers over the Fort Resolution region tonight and Saturday. So far 11 cm of snow has fallen with another 10 to 20 cm of snow expected by Saturday afternoon. Snowfall will taper off by Saturday evening as the flow over the lake becomes southerly. [h=2]Warnings[/h] Repulse Bay 10:16 PM CDT Friday 26 October 2012 Blizzard warning for Repulse Bay continued Blizzard ending after midnight in Coral Harbour, continuing throughout the day Saturday in Repulse Bay. This is a warning that blizzard conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..listen for updated statements. Blizzard conditions continue at Coral Harbour as of late this evening, with near-zero visibility being reported along with northeast winds of 60 km/h. Latest satellite imagery shows that the centre of the low pressure system is approaching Coral Harbour, thus winds are expected to slacken after midnight ending the blizzard there. The snow is expected to continue, however, with amounts near 10 cm forecast by morning. Further north, blizzard conditions at Repulse Bay are expected to continue overnight and through the day Saturday before tapering off Saturday evening. The remainder of the Kivalliq region will see strong northerly winds gusting to 80 km/h as a result of this storm. Cape Dorset 10:20 PM EDT Friday 26 October 2012 Wind warning for Cape Dorset continued Moderate east winds this evening shifting to strong south winds overnight into Saturday. A powerful storm system over Central Hudson Bay is tracking north towards Foxe basin tonight bringing a variety of inclement weather conditions over Southern Baffin Island. The main impact from this storm will be the winds. Strong east winds gusting to 80 km/h over Hudson Strait into Cape Dorset have now diminished to 40 gusting to 60 km/h. Blizzard conditions are no longer expected in the Cape Dorset region as the main area of snow has shifted further west. As a result the blizzard warning for Cape Dorset has been changed to a wind warning. Winds will continue to abate this evening however they are expected to increase again overnight into Saturday morning as the storm system pushes north. Very strong southerly winds of 80 gusting 110 km/h are possible Saturday along with occasional snow and blowing snow. Total snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 cm are forecast by Saturday evening but amounts will vary depending on how much melting will occur with temperatures near or slightly above freezing. Gradual improvement is expected to occur Saturday night. Meanwhile, mild air pushing across Southeastern Baffin Island has pushed temperatures above the freezing mark. As a result the freezing rain falling in Kimmirut and Iqaluit earlier this evening has now changed to rain and freezing rain warnings have been ended.
Sandy is expected to hit south of Philadelphia....Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey are likely to be the hardest hit. 4" to 6" of rain is expected (widespread), 10" or more is likely in some areas ......and West Virginia could see up to 50" of snow. Expect lots of flooding. This is gonna be a bad one. Hope everyone stays safe.
It seems the models are creeping up north as the storm approaches as far as where it will make landfall. Yesterday morning it was heading right for the Delmarva peninsula, now central Jersey. With the duration of the storm and the size of the wind field, it'll be one helluva dangerous storm regardless of exactly where it hits.
Oh lucky me the eye should pass directly through my neck of the woods. I'll throw a few choice words into the center of Sandy as she passes. The few feet of snow would be more fun to deal with IMHO.
We're already getting the dark skies and wind up here in central Mass. It's not even going to make landfall for another 36 hours or so.
We never got a drop here. The edge of the rain shield has remained at least one county to the east. Tomorrow we are supposed to get some moisture on the back side of the frontal passage.
Until late yesterday I didn't take Sandy very seriously. After checking out several different forecasts that all said the same thing last night; I have changed my thinking. The weather forecast for my hometown is for gusts of 50 to 65 mph. For the airport where my airplane is based, they are calling for 65 to 80 mph winds. Normally I can get hanger space for the duration of a storm, but this time every hangar is full. I don't worry about winds of 60 mph or less, even though my bird lives outside, but 80 gets my attention. I made the round trip to Taunton (MA) this AM to double the tie-down ropes and check the tie down job on the few airplanes parked near mine. I have not flown it in a year, so it has no insurance at the moment. I will be relieved when Sandy has passed. Our house has well and town water, and we have a Propane-fueled 10 KW automatic generator, so I think we will be OK. I wish the best to all in the Washington to NY area, though.
Not me. I'm far enough from the water. http://project.wnyc.org/news-maps/hurricane-zones/hurricane-zones.html Zone B is for a Cat 2 storm, Zone C is for a Cat 3-4 storm
The angle of the storm's approach, the astronomical high tide schedule, the duration of the storm etc, can be more important than the CAT 2 for zone B categorization. I would not rely on that map alone. Down here, where we see a lot of big storms, we have learned the hard way that the classification of what really is in a flood plan seems to have very little relationship to the areas that flood. They never concede that the maps are bogus. What they like to say is, "We are having a lot of 100 year floods."ou: Of course, this is nonsense. The 100 year flood line is not correctly set because they did not have the lookback data needed to set it correctly in the first place.
Right now, the only mandatory evacuation is Zone A of that map. I'm nowhere near that. Don't know anyone who owns a Buick who is. Elevation to the east of me drops off big time near the Nassau County line. I would think if there were any Buicks in danger, it would be on the south shore of Long Island.
