storm again. and as it makes its way up the coast, and then makes that hook left as dylan talked about, depending on where it comes in, this could mean catastrophic results for the northeast. if it comes in, say central new jersey, it would be, of course, devastating for the jersey coastline. but the storm surge, the worst quadrant of the storm is the northeastern quadrant. that would put new york city, long island, coastal connecticut, coastal new england, in that major bull s-eye of the worst weather. and so we could be looking at massive power outages, stretching really from norfolk, virginia, all the way up to portland, maine. this isn t just a coastal storm, alex. if you remember, tropical storm irene last year, more damage occurred inland, as the storm moved inland, than it did along the coast. and that could happen again with this system. we would have massive problems along the coast. new york city, they have not declared a state of emergency yet. they have not, say, shut the
and bays. and that s why we could be seeing a lot of water, possibly washing up down into the battery park region. in terms of the track, well, it s right on track here, as it always has been here, with the morning hours, 6:00 to 10:00 we re expecting that center of the storm to move right over long island and very close to new york city. and jeff, real quickly, the storm is going to have two official landfalls because it s going to make landfall again on long island. am i correct in saying that? definitely. we had the cape lookout landfall in north carolina yesterday, i believe it was about 8:00 in the morning. and then you know, we may even have an intermediate landfall near the new jersey coastline because the center of the storm is so close. but really at this point it s more of a technical thing. but it is expected to definitely continue on its track right up into long island. all right, jeff, we ll talk again shortly. thanks. sure. you know, some people ventured out int
seeing some 40s peak. look at this, washington, d.c. right now 46-mile-per-hour wind gusts. baltimore 39. and as we head into new jersey this is our big area of concern right now. we definitely have a lot of water that is already going to be pushing right up against the new jersey coastline and also into long island. we have heard reports from the national weather service, doing an excellent job on keeping us up to date on this storm, that there s already been some surge reports, three to four feet across the jersey coastline and also across long island. that s just going to increase. out ahead of the center of the storm. as we are looking for the main impacts from the surge to be about 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. that s when we unfortunately have some astronomical high tides happening throughout this region, and that brings us to our main and big concern, which is new york city, we re preparing for the worst here, but hoping for the best because depending on how this storm situates, thomas, the
these winds are pretty much right now coming out of the east at this point. so this is going to really whip up these wind-whipped waves along the coastline. and that s going to really increase the surge here for southern, central, and also northern new jersey here as we head throughout the next several hours with those winds right now 30 to 40 miles per hour. so the surge along the jersey coastline is going to be continually getting a little bit worse here where we could see that surge anywhere from about six to about eight feet. also, tornado watch still here for areas in new york city. also likely extended into new haven, connecticut. and most likely as well right into massachusetts as we continue to follow a lot of rotation on that northeastern quadrant. now, as we look at this storm surge, we have been focusing and keying in a lot on new jersey, long island and new york city. also into connecticut because of this densely populated area where tens of millions of people are. and of c
now, your heavy rain is starting to push off to the east. heading more into new york city and eventually from hartford up into boston later this morning. albany is getting a lot of heavy rain at this time. here is a look at the close-up radar. this is the doppler radar coming out of philadelphia and new york. this red line indicates where the front is, where the tropical moisture is running up against the cooler air back behind it. that s progressing ever so slowly to the east. right over the top of staten island and new york city. the worst of the driving commute over the garden state down the jersey coastline and in the five burroughs of new york city, the peak, it will shift into southern connecticut and long island. for the next hour, new york city will get the heaviest rain. how much rainfall? look at these totals. five inches from baltimore to d.c. to philly. notice that new york city is now just getting into the heavy rain for the first time. they will probably pick up an