Hurricane Sandy Could Be Headed for New Jersey
National Weather Service issues hazardous weather outlook for northern, southern parts of state.
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Parts of New Jersey may see hazardous weather conditions this week and into next week as Hurricane Sandy makes its way to the U.S., according to the National Weather Service.
"]Hurricane] Sandy is slowly gathering strength south-southwest of Jamaica. The current forecast track has Sandy passing over Jamaica Wednesday afternoon as a hurricane, then near or over eastern Cuba Wednesday night. Winds have already begun to increase in and around the Florida Peninsula, especially over the coastal waters where Small Craft Advisories and Tropical Storm Watches are in effect," the NWS said.
In New Jersey, the hazardous weather outlook has been issued to begin Thursday, when rainfall and increased wind speeds are expected.
"The remnants of Sandy may affect portions of the area this weekend into early next week," according to the NWS website.
Keep monitoring forecasts
"This will ultimately depend on the eventual track and evolution of Tropical Cyclone Sandy as it interacts with a deepening upper level low pressure system approaching the east coast," the NWS said. "The storm may very well just move out to sea and have little, if any, impact on our weather. Again, forecast confidence is still low at this point since Sandy is still in the Caribbean Sea and any potential impacts are still several days away. Please refer to the National Hurricane Center for the latest forecasts on Sandy, and monitor the latest National Weather Service forecasts throughout the week."
Kristina Pydynowski, senior meteorologist for Accuweather.com, said "Depending on the path of Sandy, now brewing in the Caribbean, people along the East Coast during the week of Halloween could be looking a destructive storm or breathing a sigh of relief. Final destination scenarios for Sandy range from bypassing the East Coast to creating a nightmare for tens of millions of people from Norfolk, Va., to Philadelphia, New York City and Boston."
If it hits, it could be a big one
Eric Holthaus from the Wall Street Journal said if it hits, it could count among one of the bigger storms in history:
"What could happen is quite complicated, and may have precedence only a handful of times across the more than 200 years of detailed historical local weather recordkeeping (Big storms in 1804, 1841, 1991, and 2007 come immediately to mind)," he said.
Nose Wayne
2:22 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
If it hits, let's see how long it takes this time to OPEN the floodgates and drain the lake to absorb all that water ? Any takers out there ?
Scondo
10:58 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
I hope they are dropping the levels now. Good luck to all in the flood plain, I hope it goes well east of here. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
Mary Borst Marks
2:46 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Hitting NJ on Thursday? That's tomorrow. Seems unlikely.
Peter James
6:55 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Let's hear it FirstEnergy, tell us about the millions you've invested to "help" us.
Chris421
8:35 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
@Mary, I think they mean the "outlook" is being issued tomorrow...not that THAT makes any sense either. lol
Madison Station
7:23 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Someone should wake JCP&L up now. We might get power up and running within 60 days.
Zoinks
7:35 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
It may well turn out to not live up to the hype, but I would very much like to hear from another Sandy as to exactly what is being done this week to make sure that we do not have a repeat of the massive flooding of last year. The town really can not do anything about the power situation in advance, but I would like to hear from the Mayor and from JCP&L what resources are being put into place in case a major power recoery effort is needed.
Jimmy Drake
7:53 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Here we go again - only one day away from LY's "snowtober" . a couple of new suggestions for WHEN - not "if" the lights go out: I put all safety candles in large aluminum trays so if the candle drops, it won't burn, put perishables in a picnic cooler with ice, KEEP your garage door closed because when the lights go out, you don't want the garage door in the up position. Use the outside grill for cooking. charge your cell phones because the land lines will be dead (with optimum cable anyway.) get batteries & water. Have something for the kids to do at home when the schools close. you DON'T want them out with fallen power lines exposed, branches crashing down, street lights out and no power, I can see that degenerate just looking for kids who might be out alone and no power. We went through it L Y and Thank God no one got hurt, but this one is supposed to be more devastating because of the 60 mph winds and the massive flooding which will also occur. Maybe we could implement that air condition respite program that was supposed to be for people during excessive heat where residents can at least remain safely until it's over.
Donna, how's about we do that barbeque event we did last year if this storm does happen. You know my family is good for taking part in meals that might be necessary.
Jimmy Drake
8:01 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Oh, BTW - please don't blame Howard or Peter if our DPW doesn't pick up your fallen branches the next day. 4,000 homes, 16,000 residents and virtually a handful of DPW workers putting in 18 hour days does not make for immediate removal.
BeachBum
12:12 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
garage doors still open and close when the power goes out - You missed two important item's, beer/margaritas - Invest in a generator
Thomas Lotito
8:06 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Hopefully the storm will pass with out incident, but you should be prepared just in case.
Storm preparation: Propane for the gas grill. Gas for the generator. Firewood, . Flashlights, batteries. Battery operated radio. LCD puck lights ( Home Depot) to light the stair well. Extra food and water supplies. Dvd's for the kids.
jjl
11:23 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Great idea with the puck lights for the stairs!
FUNNY THING IS
8:42 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Maybe this storm will cleanse some of the stuff that is going on in Bridge water...who knows might chase the wolf out of the sheeps clothing....
john clue
9:38 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
This is a very tricky storm that could hit us. It is changing and will continue to do so. In some way we will be impacted but if the highly accurate European model - which has been the most accurate on in the past few years - comes true we will have a mess on our hands and probably more than anything in the last few years. I don't want to cry wolf but we should start taking precautions and preparing. If isn't much, well then, we were prepared. This could be a very bad event.
Ulises
10:23 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
The only thing in our favor is that United Water's reservoirs, from NY to Oradell, are a lot lower, due to lack of rain this year, than when Irene passed through last year. Nevertheless, always prepare for the worse.
Jimmy Drake
10:28 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Uli, God bless and keep you. your family and your neighbors.
Ulises
10:33 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Thanks Jimmy.
Journey
11:40 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
I have some rechargeable flashlights that plug in light nightlights that turn on when the power goes out.
Get a backup battery for your cellphones that can be charged with a crank turbine.
Ridgewood Mom
11:56 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
I hope they don't cancel Halloween again. :(
BeachBum
12:14 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Media Hype - It will go off the coast and miss NJ/NYC - Just light rain/breeze
Scondo
5:05 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
WE SHALL SEE
joe raich
4:26 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Lets take sandy seriously: ATTENTION UNITED WATER and OEM- two bills in the NJ state Assembly and Senate are designed to protect flood plain residents. Irene victims implore the above to lower water levels NOW !!! Victims say, "never again".
Scondo
5:04 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
http://river-depth.com/graphs/01386990?period=30
Rich
4:48 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
check out http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=07960 to get up to date radar information. Click on SEVERE WEATHER tab to follow storm track
Frank Drebin
5:30 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
It looks like they opened the flood gates today.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=phi&gage=bonn4&view=1,1,1,1,1,1
hsr
10:41 am on Friday, October 26, 2012
Big storm may be hitting and some are worried about Halloween? Really?
Jimmy Drake
10:56 am on Friday, October 26, 2012
I thought that also initially, but you're never going to stop a Mom from loving her kids (Thank God) and wanting them to enjoy the holidays. I do think however, when the reality of fallen branches, exposed power lines, floods and Lord knows what is in that puddle of water kicks in - Mom's will have private parties at home with friends.
Jimmy Drake
8:50 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Kinda get the feeling The Patch got hacked into.