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What do you mean out east? Numerous places on east end over 50 with montauk over 60. South shore beaches will see the worst wind

If anyone is wondering, has a HU ever been at Cat 5 strength 3 different times? Yes, Allen in Aug 1980 in the Atlantic. Classic Cabo Verde HU! Each time it peaked at Cat 5 (155, 165, 155 kt), it weakened in-between to a Cat 3. At the time, it was only the second Atlantic HU sub-900 mb (899). https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hurricane_blog/35th-anniversary-of-hurricane-allen/ One of the most epic TC sat image ever -- see attachments (I recall being awed by this in college back in the day). Look at the size of it and perfect symmetry! Also, Ivan in 2004 in the Atlantic cycled up an down to Cat 5 3x. There may be 1 or 2 others in the Atlantic. I'm sure there are plenty of cases in the NWPAC given how that TC is for activity.

Sitting outside and see some flashes in the sky, so transformers definitely popping

cut everything back

Suffolk outages have increased from ~3K (0.5%) to ~5K (0.8%) within the last hour.

the eye is inverted.

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Power out in parts of town, still have lights for now, winds gusting consistently over 40.

Ok, it's deft sounding wilder out now

Crazy it's not out east though 37 mph best so far

Tide gauges are struggling to drop not got sign for next high tide cycle

ISP gusted to 48mph

Winds seem slow to crank up on the north side, haven't even hit 40 yet

Latest surface analysis pressure down to 991

More rain…

Peak Season Forecast (Aug 20-Oct 20) Named Storms: 5 (4) Hurricanes: 3 (0) Major Hurricanes: 1 (0) Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gonzalo

Storm is on schedule

Going to feel soupy and humid again for a day or two too! Should see at least upper 60s dew points with the tropical-ish airmass

That's an excellent question! Each tropical basin has it own list of names, and the names are a mix of types of names from all countries in that particular region, so you are not going to get traditional names you'd see in the U.S. all the time. The CPAC has its own list of names and almost all of them are derived from Hawaiian culture. It is pure coincidence that Polo in the EPAC, which has its own set of names, and Nolo, in the CPAC are occurring at the same time. That just how things have worked out as to what has gone on for TCs. Inconvenient, yes, but they are not going to change the lists for something like this. You can't account for every variance in the atmosphere! These name lists are set years in advance, and cycle through the same single large list for each tropical basin. For NWPAC names, you see the variety there, and it is not always a person name, some names are of animals, plants, and inanimate objects. The only time you get change is when a name gets retired b/c that TC was of serious impact and a new name is inserted. What constitutes "serious impact?" For a U.S. landfall, typically a hurricane of Cat 3 or greater, it gets retired b/c of impact. However, strength of a TC is irrelevant really, it is all about impact. TSs can get retired. Allison in 2001 and Imelda in 2019 b/c even though they were only TSs, you got record rains and flooding. One oddity is Emily from 2005. It was the first Cat 5 on record in July in the Atlantic, and made two Cat 3 landfalls in Mexico, but it was not retired. Since impacts were all in Mexico, they held the reins as to requesting it to be retired or not, and they did not do so. No idea why. Bret in 1999 made landfall as Cat 3 in TX, but that location was the very sparsely populated area between CRP and BRO, so impact was minimized and thus Bret was not retired.

Surf City, NJ with a 74 mph gust.

Many wind reports along jersey shore in the 60s and even near 75 mph

Im thinking that the storms slower then expected idk? Nws said most areas did well forecast wise with some areas falling short tonight