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UPDATE: Thursday, 12 p.m.
Wednesday night’s storm appears to have caused extensive erosion along the oceanfront of eastern Long Island, particularly in areas that were already severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy and the early November nor’easter.In areas of Hampton Bays, Quogue, Bridgehampton and Sagaponack, the storm waves and exaggerated tides washed away thousands of tons of sand that had been trucked onto beaches to bolster decimated dunes. Consultants who were surveying damage on Thursday said that there was extensive additional loss of the remnants of natural dunes during this storm as well.
“The biggest problem we’re having with these storms now is that [Sandy] dropped the elevation of the beach several feet, so when the storms come in, [waves] just slam straight into the dunes and the residences,” said Steven... more
The South Shore of LI could get whacked again, especially the coastal communities off the Great South Bay, such as Lindenhurst, where high tide is just before 9 PM tonight.
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8510560+Montauk%2C+NY
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8510560+Montauk%2C+NY
If the easterly wind keeps up all night as predicted, the resulting ...more tidal surge could be more than 2' above normal IMO.
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8518750+The+Battery%2C+NY
High tide recently was over 3' above normal.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=44065&meas=wdpr&uom=E&time_diff=-5&time_label=EST
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8516945+Kings+Point%2C+NY
Kings Point is on the western end of Long Island Sound, where the "sloshing bathtub" effect of LI Sound water could be significant overnight, if the Easterly winds continue as predicted.
The green Residual line could easily reach 5' above normal by the morning high tide, around ...more 10 AM tomorrow IMO.
Full moon is in the morning.
New London:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=ldlc3
Has ENE winds over 20 knots and Ambrose Light buoy south of LI (links above) also shows ENE winds with gusts now over 50 knots, or 60 MPH +/-.
Predictions on TV call for more of the same overnight with winds shifting more to the north I believe overnight.
Winds at Ambrose Light S of LI seem to have maxed out.
The tide at Montauk appears to be rising again, well ahead of the predicted time of low tide, and the green Residual line seems to be accelerating upward, to max out in the morning ...more possibly at 3-4' above normal for high tide.
Winds at New London appear to be rising, and are still from the ENE.
At least it did not say "coastal fool" !
Montauk high tide is around 8 AM, but will probably crest later than that IMO. Recent low tide was higher than the normal HIGH tide, and is now 3.78' above normal, and will likely go over 4' on this metric IMO.
The Battery tide chart is similar, but is only 2.5' above normal so far. Good news for NYC.
Kings Point is running 5.86' above normal, just after low tide, and high tide ...more is scheduled for 10:51 AM.
Bridgeport is currently running 5.1' above normal, and it is also just past low tide, with the high predicted for 10:20 AM.
New London hit ENE wind gusts over 50 knots a few hours ago, but the wind is abating a bit as of 5 AM EST. The wind was steady all night from the ENE at over 30 knots consistently. This data stream appears to be normal this morning with the last report time-stamped at 5:15 AM.
Fasten seat belts for all high tides over the next 2-6 hours.
The buoy south of Montauk stopped working in 2011 and has not been repaired.
The buoy SE of Nantucket is not reporting wind data at this time. The winds at Station Nantucket are increasing as the storm moves easterly. Recent gusts were over 50 knots, directly from the East. [links below]
The Block Island buoy does not have wind data.
There is normally an American flag on the pole at the lower right corner, to help assess wind speed, but it is not there this morning. This is a live cam, so once in a while the scene will jiggle as the camera moves in the wind.
South of Boston 6-8" is anticipated.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/StormTotalSnow/
And Happy New Year . . .
Total 24-hour snowfall just north of us in the hills above New London was 10-12" BTW.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/hydromet/erEventDisplay.php?event=stormTotal_12&element=snow¢eron=BOX
PS -- Just a couple of gauge ...more readings, for those interested in the real world around them, as opposed to gratuitous personal attacks. Feel free to ignore and move on. Just sayin' . . .