>
> > NWS is headlining the potential for heavy rain, etc. even on the local
forecasts down
> > here in Arizona. NOAA/NHC also shows a left turn in the track of Sandy
which is
> > getting tighter with each forecast update. The 1100 EDT forecast shows
Sandy as
> > making landfall on the Jersey coast as a strong tropical storm. The
previous plot
> > (0800 EDT) had landfall towards the east end of Long Island. This is a
significant
> > change.
>
> I don't want to wish ill on folks farther south than here, but the farther
south Sandy
> wades ashore, the happier I'll be.
>
The time and place for landfall hasn't changed as of the 1700 EDT
forecast, but after it passes south of Philadelphia it will make a sharp
turn to the north near Lancaster and then head for Wilkes-Barre. Great.
That town got hit very heavily 40 years ago in the 1972 Agnes storm. It's
de ja vu all over again.
Chris
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