Maybe the rest of the nation but it's been unusually calm on the East Coast. Only one hurricane and although powerful was a very small one.It seems like we had a vicious weather year.
The NorthEast wind flow and the storm surge are going to cause significant coastal flooding in our area. I’m moving cars this morning…Interesting change in the track, significant slowdown in forward speed will result in pumping ocean water into Northern Jersey to Long Island Bays.
Guess it will depend on how much wind speed it can hold and more importantly how long it stalls or crawls at a low forward speed.
As previously mentioned being into the middle of the moon phase will help keep flooding less than a full moon. But it can still be significant as the wind field is huge.
Just compare yesterday’s track in the previous post way above this one with todays. I’m not ringing an alarm just discussing as if the track keeps it right at the coast and moving extremely slow it will be pumping ocean water into the NY area.
(Ok now I have to get ready for my dentist appt )
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I understand completely growing up and spending most my life on Long Island, many in the rest of the country do not understand what strong and stationary northeasterly wind could mean.The NorthEast wind flow and the storm surge are going to cause significant coastal flooding in our area. I’m moving cars this morning…
I'm heading out to the bay house after my coffee double check everything I half ass closed it up Sunday thanks for the updateI understand completely growing up and spending most my life on Long Island, many in the rest of the country do not understand what strong and stationary northeasterly wind could mean.
It’s about the ocean water not wind damage.
This mornings observation, we live in extreme south eastern coastal area of North Carolina, and then some observation as I leave for the dentist. I’m surprised how breezy it is already.
To others that don’t understand this is not about wind, but this is about stiff wind over the ocean bringing the water into the coast.
The storm is just about going to stall over Virginia, and that will not be good for the New York area, you may luck out in southern Virginia for lack of better words, after a flooding event because it still will be moving slowly up to southern Virginia, but if it stalls north of you, because the counter clockwise direction of the wind will pull the flooding water away from the coast of course, it will be too late after the flood, but at least it will not go on for many cycles.
Good luck it will be an interesting storm track for the next 48 hours or so. Being you have a bay house you know how important it is to not have long-term Northeast winds for multiple tide cycles.I'm heading out to the bay house after my coffee double check everything I half ass closed it up Sunday thanks for the update
This isn’t the case today but to people in the Northeast it’s not about hurricanes. It’s about Atlantic ocean storms. Northeast storms are rarely hurricane strength.They will try their very, very best to declare it a Cat 1, even if only for a minute or two.
I don’t think they’ll be much flash flooding. It doesn’t seem to be a lot of rain with the system. I would be more concerned with tidal flooding which I think is 100% a sure thing at this point.I’m not worried…
The flash flooding could be really bad in places. That is the biggest concern in my opinion.
I don’t think they’ll be much flash flooding. It doesn’t seem to be a lot of rain with the system. I would be more concerned with tidal flooding which I think is 100% a sure thing at this point.
Good news is it’s not a moon tide. But areas that are prone to flooding are gonna get flooded that are on the north side of the storm.
If it sticks to this latest current track and doesn’t go too far inland, it’s gonna spend a long time pumping water up into New York Harbor, all the Long Island and parts of New Jersey. It’s still hard to say until the track is tightened up late Saturday.
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This isn’t the case today but to people in the Northeast it’s not about hurricanes. It’s about Atlantic ocean storms. Northeast storms are rarely hurricane strength.
Of which the most destructive of all did not even come ashore as a hurricane, it was called super storm Sandy.
When it arrived on the coast of New Jersey it flooded New York City with over 12 feet of a storm surge and in some reports of 14 feet in places of New York City.
Subway tunnels flooded with water and the devastation of the south shore of Long Island and Jersey shore was incredible.