Sandy Still on Track to Strike New Jersey on Monday Evening
The massive, slow-moving storm will likely hit New Jersey Monday evening in earnest, although it may not be hurricane by then.
Hurricane Sandy is still packing 75 mph winds as a Category 1 storm on Sunday morning. The massive storm was located 395 miles east of Charleston, SC, at 5 a.m. Oct. 28 and was traveling northeast at 13 mph over the open water of the Atlantic Ocean parallel to the East Coast. Forecasters still expect the system to take a sharp left turn early on Monday morning and approach the New Jersey coastline by Monday night as a large and powerful storm with winds of near-hurricane force (74 mph). At that point, Sandy is not expected to be categorized as a hurricane, despite her widespread and powerful effects. Follow Sandy's path as it heads toward South Jersey with this interactive map. The National Weather Service predicts a storm surge of 4 to 8 …
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Joseph Elfelt
12:12 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Thanks for including the interactive map link in the article. I am the developer of the Gmap4 browser app that is displaying the data file prepared by NOAA. The map link you included shows the likelihood in percent that the wind will reach or exceed 34 knots (39 mph). Below are two additional map links showing the probability in percent that the wind will reach two higher speeds. Likelihood in … more ›