As you may have heard on the news, a "historic" and "record-breaking" low pressure system will move onshore later tonight near the Delaware River in Southern New Jersey. There are many things that will make this system a literal "Storm of the Century". It's central pressure at landfall (it will have completed the transition to an extratropical cyclone) will be around 935 millibars, which would break ALL pressure records in the contiguous United States and quite possibly the ENTIRE United States. Also, it will be incredibly large. In fact, it surpassed Hurricane Igor as being the LARGEST hurricane on record, with a tropical storm force wind field 1000 miles in diameter! The hurricane force wind field is about 175 miles in radius, which is nearly double Hurricane Katrina's hurricane force wind field. The large wind field in combination with an extremely low pressure will create a massive storm surge along the East Coast, mainly near Delaware to New York City, where a surge of nearly 15 feet is possible. Also, since this storm will be transitioning into an extratropical low, it's wind field will only increase in size, to the point where our area will receive wind gusts up to 55 mph today, and possibly 60-65 mph tonight into tomorrow morning!
As for precipitation in our area, I'm expecting nearly an inch of precipitation from this storm, with precipitation occurring throughout the days Tuesday and Wednesday. One interesting thing though is that forecast soundings do support a steady snow from the overnight hours Monday night and Tuesday through mid-morning hours. This mainly goes for Northwest Ohio, which will be closer to the source of lift, and in cooler conditions. During this period of snow, sleet and rain could mix in. By noon, most of the precipitation will have changed to rain, and will continue as rain through Wednesday night.
I will have another update either late tonight on the facebook page or tomorrow morning on the blog. Stay safe!
As for precipitation in our area, I'm expecting nearly an inch of precipitation from this storm, with precipitation occurring throughout the days Tuesday and Wednesday. One interesting thing though is that forecast soundings do support a steady snow from the overnight hours Monday night and Tuesday through mid-morning hours. This mainly goes for Northwest Ohio, which will be closer to the source of lift, and in cooler conditions. During this period of snow, sleet and rain could mix in. By noon, most of the precipitation will have changed to rain, and will continue as rain through Wednesday night.
I will have another update either late tonight on the facebook page or tomorrow morning on the blog. Stay safe!
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