Warm and wet in the Pacific Northwest – blah, blah, blah.
The real excitement is happening a bit east of here. All eyes are on tropical storm Sandy as it potentially grows into a “super storm” and takes aim at the Eastern seaboard. Many are comparing this storm to the famous Perfect Storm that claimed the Andrea Gail in 1991.
The combination of a slow moving category 1 hurricane, mixing with a cold winter storm depression entering from the west, could morph Sandy into the biggest storm to churn the North Atlantic in decades.
Impressive fact:
Status Category 1 Hurricane
Position 27.5° N, 77.2° W
Winds 75 mph
Gusts 90 mph
Movement N 7 mph
Pressure 28.64 in / 969 mb
The pressure is expected to fall even further, winds will increase, and the storm will rapidly intensify and expand. This is very fun to watch as a meteorologist, but scary for those on the east coast, or fishing swordfish somewhere in the North Atlantic.
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