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 720 
 WTNT23 KNHC 292058
 TCMAT3
  
 HURRICANE SANDY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  30
 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL182012
 2100 UTC MON OCT 29 2012
  
 CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
  
 ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN
 DISCONTINUED.
  
 SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
  
 THERE ARE NO COASTAL TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
  
 HOWEVER...THERE ARE NON-TROPICAL HIGH-WIND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR
 PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND STATES. PLEASE SEE
 STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES.
  
 HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST
 BETWEEN CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS. THIS
 INCLUDES THE TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT... THE
 MIDDLE AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY...DELAWARE BAY...AND THE COASTS OF
 THE NORTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA...NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK CITY
 AREA...LONG ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.
  
 TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CHATHAM TO
 MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND
 SOUTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 38.8N  74.4W AT 29/2100Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT  24 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  940 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT.
 64 KT.......  0NE  80SE 150SW   0NW.
 50 KT.......170NE 150SE 200SW 150NW.
 34 KT.......420NE 370SE 400SW 200NW.
 12 FT SEAS..660NE 995SE 660SW 180NW.
 WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
 MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
  
 REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 38.8N  74.4W AT 29/2100Z
 AT 29/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 38.3N  73.1W
  
 FORECAST VALID 30/0600Z 39.8N  76.6W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
 64 KT...  0NE  60SE  60SW   0NW.
 50 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW  80NW.
 34 KT...400NE 370SE 200SW 160NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 30/1800Z 40.4N  78.3W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
 50 KT...  0NE  40SE   0SW   0NW.
 34 KT...400NE 370SE 150SW 100NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 31/0600Z 41.3N  78.2W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 34 KT...360NE 360SE 100SW  60NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 31/1800Z 42.8N  77.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 01/1800Z 45.1N  75.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 175 NM
 ON DAY 4 AND 225 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 02/1800Z 46.3N  72.2W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 03/1800Z 47.5N  65.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 38.8N  74.4W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 30/0300Z
  
 $$
 FORECASTER STEWART
  
  
 
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