Sunday, October 28, 2012

Latest on Hurricane Sandy...Worst of the Storm will be Felt at Jersey Shore, Long Island and New York City

The latest National Hurricane Center storm track takes the storm through the central Jersey Shore between Atlantic City and Asbury Park. This track is a worse case scenario for Ocean and Monmouth Counties, Raritan Bay, New York City, western Long Island Sound and Nassau County of Long Island. Coastal flooding and storm surge will surpass what Irene produced last year. Storm Warnings, High Wind Warnings, Flood Warnings and Coastal Flood Warnings are in effect throughout New Jersey, New York, Long Island and Connecticut. This is a very dangerous storm with extreme low pressure and winds that will gust to over 80 mph. The full moon occurs at 3:50 p.m. on Monday. Two high tide cycles will occur during this storm on Monday around 8 or 9 am in the morning and around 8 or 9 pm in the evening.

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. George is also a meteorologist with ABC News and Cablevision News 12. Our website is WrightWeather.com. Follow George Wright on Twitter @gwweather.