Hurricane Sandy
Posted by
jimw on 2/16/2013, 2:40 pm
Final report out by NHC but this line makes me think this should have just been labeled a hurricane at landfall.
Great Gull Island, New York, between Long Island and Fishers
Island, measured a 1-min mean wind of 65 kt at an elevation of 18 m at 2035 UTC 29 October.
This observation suggests that sustained hurricane-force winds likely occurred onshore over a
limited area while Sandy was still a hurricane. In addition, a Texas Tech University (TTU)
measurement tower near Long Beach, New Jersey, reported a 1-min mean wind of 53 kt at a
height of 2.25 m at 0000 UTC 30 October. This observation implies 10-m winds of about 68 kt
using standard adjustment factors, as analyzed by TTU, and supports the estimated intensity of
70 kt at landfall. Sustained hurricane-force winds therefore almost certainly occurred in New
Jersey, although these are believed to have occurred exclusively after Sandy's extratropical
transition.
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