Winter Storm Threatens East Coast? Batten Down the Hatches
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QuantumLogic
Jedi
I have been watching this for the last couple of days. Until today I didn't really understand how this was going to turn west, but I started looking for other satellite imagery sources and found one that shows something the smaller animations do not show. I downloaded the .flv and have been playing it over and over at 1/2 speed, specifically to see the interaction of several sectors in the Atlantic. The loop I am looking at is on this page-
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/GOESEast.php
Unfortunately, the way the page in encoded, I cannot provide the direct link to the animation itself. It is on the left of the screen under "Atlantic Ocean Region"- the "Play last 3 days" link. I have watched it well over a hundred times now and, while some think this may not turn west (which it may not), there is something that has changed in the last 8 hours that seems interesting. The 3 day animation runs for 30 seconds. At the 27 second mark, something begins to push the NE corner of the storm.
Whether or not this can actually steer the storm I do not know. It does appear that this is why the forecasters believe it will make landfall though. Something that I thought (that remains to be seen) is if that westerly flow could actually increase the rotational speed of the storm, especially since it will feed extra moisture into it. The flows occurring in the Atlantic at the moment are very interesting indeed, especially near the northwest coast of Africa where generally storms come off of the west coast moving west. Now the flow is due east toward the African coast.
Whatever the case, it is interesting to watch such things, as extraordinary changes are happening globally and are increasing in frequency. For me, seeing one of the arms of cloud cover from this storm reach all the way to the eastern Michigan border shows just how awesome nature can be. We will see....
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/GOESEast.php
Unfortunately, the way the page in encoded, I cannot provide the direct link to the animation itself. It is on the left of the screen under "Atlantic Ocean Region"- the "Play last 3 days" link. I have watched it well over a hundred times now and, while some think this may not turn west (which it may not), there is something that has changed in the last 8 hours that seems interesting. The 3 day animation runs for 30 seconds. At the 27 second mark, something begins to push the NE corner of the storm.
Whether or not this can actually steer the storm I do not know. It does appear that this is why the forecasters believe it will make landfall though. Something that I thought (that remains to be seen) is if that westerly flow could actually increase the rotational speed of the storm, especially since it will feed extra moisture into it. The flows occurring in the Atlantic at the moment are very interesting indeed, especially near the northwest coast of Africa where generally storms come off of the west coast moving west. Now the flow is due east toward the African coast.
Whatever the case, it is interesting to watch such things, as extraordinary changes are happening globally and are increasing in frequency. For me, seeing one of the arms of cloud cover from this storm reach all the way to the eastern Michigan border shows just how awesome nature can be. We will see....
loreta said:
I was listening to press conferences NJ governor Chris Christie conducting every 4 hrs. This guy went to disneyland last time hurricane flooded NJ and got lot of heat. This time also he planned for Florida during sandy and I heard criticism for that. What ever may be the issue, his press conferences sounding more like damage control. keep on saying , this time we did this, that , past mistakes will not happen again. They even released some water from NJ river system to accommodate for the coming rain, shutting down the entire mass transit systems , evacuating the coastal area, so on , so on. As of now, they scaled down the rain forecast from 3 to 5 day event to 2 days event and even rain fall expectation also got decreased to 4-6 inches from 6+ before, though the tone has not yet changed. so we will have to wait and see. I found it to be surprising that republican NJ governor praising obama for calling and following up about the preparedness. So It looks every body ( president, local leaders, FEMA )souped up over this for their reasons.
Meager1
Dagobah Resident
Seems like this would be a great excuse to cut power to the entire east coast for an extended length of time and if that happens, it may be for a lot longer then the last time.
I hope everybody has their food and water and a plan, etc, because sooner or later the power won`t come back on and we all need to be able to deal with that.
And if it is possible that weather is a disguise for something else, then we might be in for more then any of us are prepared for.
Be safe, everybody.. here we go again.
I hope everybody has their food and water and a plan, etc, because sooner or later the power won`t come back on and we all need to be able to deal with that.
And if it is possible that weather is a disguise for something else, then we might be in for more then any of us are prepared for.
Be safe, everybody.. here we go again.
QuantumLogic said:
Yes, I see what you mean. Could be the jet stream that is invisible. Think I'll go look at the jet stream imaging.
It is fascinating to see the storm feeding all that moisture to a giant cyclonic system over the mid-north Atlantic. It's almost as though there are two hurricanes and then the frontal system, so which one will win out in the end?
panca kanga
Padawan Learner
We had the seasons first flurries of snow in my part of England on Saturday morning.
I am in Berkshire which is N.W. of London. It is certainly early snow for lowland England.
I am in Berkshire which is N.W. of London. It is certainly early snow for lowland England.
anothermagyar
Dagobah Resident
Right now here, in Brooklyn is a strong wind moving trash-cans, but no rain.
Talked to my Mom yesterday and she says in Hungary where she is, very cold, 3-5C, and I saw pics with snow.
The weather in Europe not so goodsky either.
Talked to my Mom yesterday and she says in Hungary where she is, very cold, 3-5C, and I saw pics with snow.
The weather in Europe not so goodsky either.
anothermagyar
Dagobah Resident
An update:
Started to rain, not too heavy.
A lady collecting recycle cans at the trash-cans.
Started to rain, not too heavy.
A lady collecting recycle cans at the trash-cans.
anothermagyar
Dagobah Resident
Insanity:
My son had to go work, from Brooklyn to Manhattan, even the bridges are closed down and no transportation, subway or buses, we called a cab and his employer pays for it.
He works in a restaurant, those people insane thinking they gonna make a buck today?!?
My son had to go work, from Brooklyn to Manhattan, even the bridges are closed down and no transportation, subway or buses, we called a cab and his employer pays for it.
He works in a restaurant, those people insane thinking they gonna make a buck today?!?
PullingPins
Padawan Learner
I live about 10 miles from the coast; it's definitely getting windy here, and it's been pouring since yesterday, but still nothing out of the ordinary. One of the resort towns about 2 hrs away from here is apparently getting some significant damage, though. It's supposed to start getting bad around 4 here, so we'll see.
I was also a bit confused about why they'd think it would turn left, but again.. we'll see.
:O Hope he stays safe.
I was also a bit confused about why they'd think it would turn left, but again.. we'll see.
:O Hope he stays safe.
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