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Tropical Storm Sandy

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Likely to Come Ashore ... But Where?

The exact path remains a mystery, but forecast models indicate Hurricane Sandy won't just swing out to sea as she heads north.

Is your Halloween costume waterproof? "There is a consensus forming in weather forecast models that hurricane Sandy is unlikely to go out to sea," according to The Washington Post. It gets worse. The Washington Post goes on to report that Sandy will more likely merge with a cold front and transition into a "powerhouse, possibly historic" storm that forecasters expect to make landfall anywhere from the Mid-Atlantic states to northern New England or Canada. Oy. Chris Lambert on the WHDH weather blog reports that it will still be a few days until forecasters can say where Sandy -- or her "hybrid" remnants -- will make landfall, but the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place that would bring a powerful storm to the the Boston area on …

Judith Mc Laren

7:56 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012

jude12@verizon.net I was raised in good old NK and am happy to part of the Patch ! Judy McLaren   more ›

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Tropical Storm May Hit New England Early Next Week

A system likely to become Tropical Storm Sandy is on a track toward the East Coast.

  Do you remember that snowstorm that dumped snow and left large areas without power for days last October?  Well, get ready for another potential Halloween storm. This time it likely won't bring snow to New England, but it could bring heavy rain and damaging wind early next week.  A tropical depression in the central Caribbean may strengthen to become a tropical storm by Tuesday (Oct. 23). Tropical Depression 18 has maximum sustained winds of only 30 mph on Monday afternoon, but the system is expected to intensify quickly and could be near hurricane strength (winds of at least 74 mph) as it approaches Jamaica on Wednesday. The tropical storm would be named Sandy, the 19th named storm of 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean. National Hurricane …

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