Sunday Morning Update from the National Weather Service - 48 Hour Prediction
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Here is the latest 48 hour prediction from the National Weather Service - follow complete Hurricane Sandy coverage on GoLocalProv with RI's #1 Meteorologist John Ghiorse and the technology of StormPulse. National Weather Service has issued both flood and wind warnings - read below)
FLOOD WARNING
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..COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTH COASTS
DURING MULTIPLE HIGH TIDE CYCLES FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MIDDAY TUESDAY...
.STORM FORCE TO HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS COMBINED WITH A STORM
SURGE OF 3 TO 6 FEET WILL RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL
FLOODING AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
LOCALIZED MAJOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG NARRAGANSETT BAY.
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
1 PM EDT TUESDAY...
* LOCATION...SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD AND
THE ISLANDS AND COASTAL RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND.
* COASTAL FLOODING...A STRONG STORM SURGE WILL RESULT IN MINOR TO
MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING. MAJOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME
LOCATIONS ALONG NARRAGANSETT BAY AND THE RHODE ISLAND SOUTH
COAST.
* TIMING...THE WORST OF THE FLOODING WILL OCCUR AROUND THE MONDAY
EVENING HIGH TIDE.
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS AND
BASEMENTS DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF STORM TIDE AND WAVE ACTION.
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY. ISOLATED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
MAY BE OBSERVED. INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IS
EXPECTED AT SOME LOCATIONS.
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ALL TIDE HEIGHTS ARE RELATIVE TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
TIME OF HIGH TOTAL TIDES ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR.
NARRAGANSETT BAY - FOX POINT
HIGH WIND WARNING
...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MONDAY
AND MONDAY EVENING...
.HURRICANE SANDY WILL TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD
TODAY...BEFORE TURING WEST AND MOST LIKELY MAKING LANDFALL IN NEW
JERSEY LATE MONDAY. ITS STRONG WIND FIELD WILL EXPAND NORTHWARD
INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...LIKELY
RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR THIS OCCURRING IS
ALONG THE COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING
CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.
...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EDT
TUESDAY...
* LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS
COASTLINE...INCLUDING BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE AS WELL AS
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
* HAZARD...DAMAGING WINDS.
* WINDS...EAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.
* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED FROM DOWNED TREES
AND POWER LINES.
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