Month: October 2012
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Hurricane Sandy to Bring Connecticut Life Threatening Impacts
Here’s the latest track for the National Hurricane center. Hurricane Sandy is a massive storm with an immensely expansive tropical storm magnitude wind field. A New Jersey Landfall is almost certain at this point, my forecast is just south of Sandy Hook, the hurricane center takes it in around Atlantic…
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Tropical Cyclone Sandy Likely To Become Late Season Menace on the East Coast
All forecast eyes in the last several days have been on a developing tropical storm, now hurricane, currently churning near the island of Jamaica. Hurricane conditions are expected in Jamaica, eastern cuba, and tropical storm/hurricane conditions are possible for the Bahama’s and coastal Florida. From there on considerable uncertainty had…
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Winter Storm Prediction and the Drawbacks of Naming Them
The idea of naming winter storms is not a new debate. Many a crippling snowstorm and corridor halting blizzard have pounded the country in the past. Notable ones get names in their aftermath like the blizzard of ’88 (1888), The ’93 superstorm, the blizzard of 2010 (snowmaggedon), and countless others. It’s common…
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