| And for us here on Long Island and the NYC metro area Potential for a Significant Storm on Tuesday HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 332 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ANZ338-CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 160800- NEW YORK HARBOR-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN NASSAU- 332 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE LATEST FORECAST MODELS SHOW AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND UPSTATE NEW YORK TUESDAY AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINING WHERE AND WHEN THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR AND COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING MAINLY DURING TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THE POTENTIAL ISSUANCE OF WATCHES FOR THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. $$ ANZ330-335-340-345-350-353-355-160800- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 332 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES WEST THEN NORTH OF THE COASTAL WATERS CAUSING ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY SHOWERS AND TSTMS PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THE POTENTIAL ISSUANCE OF WEATHER WATCHES FOR THIS EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. $$ |