[Nfbmt] Baltimore/D.C. Weather

Thu Jan 21 10:54:33 UTC 2016

Hi Joy,

Listen to WBAL news radio Stream.  It doesn't sound good if this is the weekend, two feet of snow with blizzard conditions Saturday!

Jim 

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> On Jan 20, 2016, at 11:01 PM, Bruce&Joy Breslauer via Nfbmt <nfbmt at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Winter Storm Jonas to Become Dangerous East Coast Snowstorm; Blizzard Watch
> for D.C., Baltimore
> 
> Jan 20 2016 11:15 PM EST
> 
> weather.com
> 
> 
> 
> Winter Storm Jonas Interstate Travel Forecast
> 
> 
> 
> Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari forecasts the travel impacts of winter storm
> Jonas. 
> 
> 
> 
> Winter Storm Jonas is just only beginning to take shape over the central
> United States, as the system will turn into a major snowstorm by later Friday
> into Saturday across parts of the East Coast. Heavy snow is likely to fall
> across more than 14 states, with dangerous blizzard conditions developing
> over parts of the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. In
> addition to the snow, Winter Storm Jonas will also feature strong winds,
> significant icing and coastal flooding.
> 
> 
> 
> the potential for crippling snow totals in parts of the East, Winter Storm
> Jonas has two other impacts that could be destructive, disruptive, or at
> least a nuisance.
> 
> 
> 
> The squeeze play between the intensifying low-pressure center of Jonas off
> the Eastern Seaboard and high pressure over eastern Canada will lead to
> strong,
> 
> possibly damaging winds for a time in parts of the East.
> 
> 
> 
> Intensifying quickly late Friday night, these winds may gust to 60 mph, at
> times, along the Jersey shore, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia Tidewater and
> eastern
> 
> Long Island Saturday and Saturday night. 
> 
> 
> 
> Some stronger gusts over 50 mph are also possible on Cape Cod, Nantucket
> Island, and Martha's Vineyard into Sunday morning, before slowly diminishing.
> 
> 
> 
> These winds are capable of downing power lines and limbs. In areas with
> persistent higher gusts, some trees may be downed and minor building damage
> may result. 
> 
> 
> 
> While most likely not as strong as near the coast, strong winds coupled with
> heavy snow may lead to blizzard conditions, particularly in rural areas. The
> 
> weight of a foot or more of snow coupled with strong winds may lead to
> additional downed trees, tree limbs, and power outages.
> 
> 
> 
> Those in the central Appalachians and Middle Atlantic states, including
> coastal locations as far north as the southeast New England should prepare
> for the possibility of power outages from Winter Storm Jonas this weekend.
> 
> 
> 
> Coastal Flooding
> 
> 
> 
> Wind direction, speed, duration and the length of the wind flow over water,
> or fetch, all determine the amount of coastal surge flooding and battering
> 
> waves atop the surge in any non-tropical or tropical cyclone.
> 
> 
> 
> In this case, parts of the Mid-Atlantic and southeast New England coasts
> should see about a 24- to 30-hour period of strong onshore winds, as
> described
> 
> above.
> 
> 
> 
> With a full moon this weekend, tides will already be running high, which
> could worsen coastal flooding impacts, as strong winds drive onshore during
> multiple
> 
> tide cycles.
> 
> 
> 
> Areas of particular concern include:
> 
> 
> 
> .Delaware, including both Delaware Bay and the Atlantic beaches
> 
> .The western side of Chesapeake Bay, including tidewater inlets and the
> Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News metropolitan area
> 
> .The Jersey shore, including the south shore of Raritan Bay
> 
> .In these areas, major coastal flooding is possible for both Saturday morning
> and Saturday evening high tides, with potential beach erosion and even
> property damage.
> 
> 
> 
> Other areas with a chance of moderate coastal flooding include the west end
> of Long Island Sound, the south shore of Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Martha's
> Vineyard and Nantucket Island. 
> 
> 
> 
> "The coastal flooding impacts we're talking about are significant - moderate
> to major in some places - but not on the catastrophic scale of Sandy, Irene,
> or the 1992 Nor'easter," said The Weather Channel hurricane and storm surge
> specialist,
> 
> Michael Lowry.
> 
> 
> 
> Lowry says coastal flooding along the Jersey shore from Jonas is the type you
> would have a 5 to 10 percent chance of seeing in any year. 
> 
> 
> 
> However, wave heights won't nearly be as high with Jonas as with the past
> events listed above.
> 
> 
> 
> "At the end of the day, this has the potential of ranking as a top 10 event
> for some locations depending on the timing of the surge and the times of
> highest tide."
> 
> 
> 
> According to Lowry, water heights should not top the seawall at New York
> City's Battery Park, but there could be some flooding of flood-prone areas
> along
> 
> FDR Drive and near the South Street Seaport. 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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