Sunday, October 28, 2012

National Weather Service , Mt. Holly, NJ Storm Sandy.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

* LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE.

* COASTAL FLOODING...MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE
  MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING HIGH TIDES. MODERATE COASTAL
  FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE AND WIDESPREAD
  MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS MORNINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE.

* HIGH SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET DRIVEN BY FREQUENT 50 TO 60 MPH WIND
  GUSTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY
  MONDAY EVENING.

* A 4 TO 8 FEET STORM SURGE COINCIDING WITH THE MONDAY EVENING
  HIGH TIDE IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE A RECORD FLOOD AS MEASURED AT
  SANDY HOOK...POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 FEET HIGHER THAN EVER RECORDED
  SINCE STORM TIDE RECORDS BEGAN AROUND THE 1940S.


* AT SANDY HOOK... NEW JERSEY (SANDY HOOK BAY)... THIS EVENINGS
  HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT 741 PM... WITH A FORECAST TIDE LEVEL OF 7.5
  TO 8.0 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THE MONDAY MORNING HIGH
  TIDE OCCURS AT 801 AM... WITH A FORECAST TIDE LEVEL OF 9.0 TO
  9.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THE MONDAY EVENING HIGH
  TIDE OCCURS AT 822 PM...WITH A FORECAST TIDE LEVEL OF BETWEEN
  10.5 AND 12.0 FEET...THIS LATTER PROJECTION SPECIFIC WITH THE
  PATH OF SANDY CROSSING THE NEW JERSEY COAST LATE MONDAY EVENING.

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