Sandy Getting Closer, Stronger

October 29th, 2012 at 2:16 pm by under Tony's Pinpoint Weather Blog

Here is the latest on Sandy as of 2PM:

*Gusts along the south shore of Rhode Island and southeastern Mass are now ranging between 50-60 mph.

*Scattered reports of trees down and wind damage. We expect these reports to increase.

*Sandy now has winds of 90 mph and continues her path towards the Jersey shore.

*After the first round of coastal flooding this morning, we expect a more serious round this afternoon and this evening.  High tide is at around 8:30PM; this is when the flooding will be at its worst.  However, we will probably see flooding well in advance of this high tide.

*The worst of Sandy should pass by 10PM, but gusty winds and some rain will remain overnight.  Tomorrow morning’s high tide will also have to be watched as more flooding is possible then.

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2 Responses to “Sandy Getting Closer, Stronger”

  1. Jim Normandin says:
    October 30, 2012 at 11:43 am

    hey TJ,

    Why dont you do us all a favor and have your station and all the others swallow some pride and admit you swung and missed on the Hurricane tracking information? I still have clips from a few days ago of “Perfect storm” “biggest storm in history we knew in advance about” and the whole nine yards. Look…yes, I believe in the “better safe than sorry” but write a story about how much in tax dollars we spent in outside resources, National Guard, and public officials overtime for this? I’m getting out my motorcycle right now and wish I can have some of these public officials on overtime come and rake my leaves. Granted not all the leaves fell of the tree. They are still on there. 2012 and we still cant track a Hurricane. try getting evacuations done next time :)

    1. Rich says:
      October 30, 2012 at 1:15 pm

      Jim, I would give NOAA and the media weathercasters a 90 for their reporting of this storm. They were very much on target. I am thankful this type of storm did not hit during August or September. Rhode Island would have hundreds dead and thousands of oboselete buildings condenmed.