2pm NHC Update
October 29th, 2012 at 1:59 am by T.J. Del Santo under General Talk, Tony's Pinpoint Weather Blog
Sandy remains a hurricane, making a slight turn to the north with winds of 75mph with higher gusts. Sandy now approximately 445miles to the SSE of Providence at 35.2N 70.5W.
Over the next 6hours or so, we expect Sandy to continue moving northward, followed by a turn to the northwest.
Indications are that Sandy will make a landfall over NJ. We encourage you to stay tuned to further forecasts as Sandy is still expected to have a major impact on S’rn New England with damagaing wind gusts and possibly major coastal flooding.
-tj
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Hey Tony, I’m looking at the east side of the storm and it’s really filled in over the last 12 – 18 hours. I’ve seen some 850 mb maps that have winds WELL IN EXCESS of hurricane force (some close to 100MPH) is there any chance that a larger percentage of that gets brought down to the surface now that there’s a better circulation on that side?
Also, the storm appears to be a bit east of the NHC’s track. I think that may mean it goes into northern NJ instead of southern NJ which could mean more impacts to us.