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Post-Tropical Cyclone SANDY (Text)

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POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL182012
900 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS REPORTED OVER LONG ISLAND AND THE NEW
YORK METROPOLITAN AREAS...

SUMMARY OF 900 PM EDT...0100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...39.6N 74.6W
ABOUT 15 MI...24 KM NW OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...947 MB...27.96 INCHES

NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGES HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED STORM
TIDE HEIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND TIDE RELATIVE TO
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...OF 13.3 FEET AT KINGS POINT NEW YORK...13.7
FEET AT THE BATTERY NEW YORK...AND 13.3 FEET AT SANDY HOOK NEW
JERSEY.

A WIND GUST TO 79 MPH WAS REPORTED AT JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN
NEW YORK. A WIND GUST TO 90 MPH WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING
AT ISLIP NEW YORK. 

NHC WILL ISSUE ITS LAST ADVISORY ON SANDY AT 1100 PM EDT.  THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...HPC...WILL BEGIN ISSUING
PUBLIC ADVISORIES AT 500 AM EDT TUESDAY. HPC PUBLIC ADVISORIES WILL
BE ISSUED UNDER THE SAME WMO AND AWIPS HEADERS AS THE NHC PUBLIC
ADVISORIES...AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA THE NHC WEBSITE.

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FORECASTER BROWN/ROBERTS

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