Re: hurricane hit for N.Y?
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 8/28/2011, 6:09 pm
Highlight from 8AM EDT Advisory:

800 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE NEARING NEW YORK CITY...

LOCATION...40.3N 74.1W
ABOUT 40 MI...60 KM SSW OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 320
MILES...520 KM.  GROTON CONNECTICUT RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 39 MPH...63 KM/H...AND A WIND GUST TO 54 MPH...87 KM/H.

MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  65 KT WITH GUSTS TO  80 KT.
64 KT.......110NE 110SE   0SW   0NW.

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900 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE MOVES OVER NEW YORK CITY...

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF IRENE
MOVED OVER NEW YORK CITY AROUND 900 AM EDT...1300 UTC.  IRENE HAS
WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AND THE ESTIMATED INTENSITY AT
LANDFALL WAS 65 MPH...100 KM/H.

SUMMARY OF 900 AM EDT...1300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...40.7N 74.0W
ABOUT 0 MI...0 KM N OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 26 MPH...43 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 MB...28.50 INCHES

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So it should have been in the hurricane force wind field in the NE quadrant, but in reality the higher winds were a lot further away from the center at that point, so maybe Long Island would have seen some, but I'm not sure if even they would have had sustained hurricane force. For official landfall, not a hurricane, but is that close enough to count as a hit in your statistics?

On a side note, Jim Cantore is half in tears over the flooding in his home state of Vermont.
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