psv88

3.83”. Bands have been relentless 

3.08” so far in my PWS which has trees to the NE so the reading is definitely a bit low. Another big time rain event, so many this year. 

50 minutes ago, uofmiami said:

Post Sandy PSE&G has been more aggressive with cutting back trees from the lines, especially transmission lines.  They also did a lot of FEMA money replacement projects of the transmission lines too.  Perhaps it’s paying off or it’s just pure luck the outages weren’t worse. 

Most of our infrastructure and trees is battled hardened. Going to take more than 55 mph winds to do real damage anymore. They replaced many older light pole with hurricane poles and trimmed trees. 

8 hours ago, vortex95 said:

Fallacious argument. 

The trouble w/ the "ppl are dying!" argument is that it essentially dictates that anything less than death is trivial and not worth discussing.  That is among the most vapid and intellectually lazy rebuttals around.

Can you objectively say these fatalities would not have occurred anyway if there were more reaonsble and less-hyped warnings?

Not every fatality is due to not enough warnings or alerts.  Many ppl will ignore warnings and go out/take risks despite warnings b/c they have become apathetic to the relentless hype.   Some ppl just plain resist authority/being told what to do.  And some do take warnings seriously, stay home, and a tree crashes into their home, causing a fatality.  All the warnings in the world is not going to prevent something like that from happening.

So I would avoid the high-horse, virtue signaling here and understand that more is not always better and things are not a simple 1-1 correlation when it comes to complex societal issues.
 

Que?

2.74” storm total and winds topped out mid 50s. Pretty standard nor’easter for Long Island. 

29 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

Awareness is a two way street.  You don't need to be relentlessly reminded on how "dangerous" it out out there, esp. when it is not that "dangerous" overall.  Constant negative like that wears on society, promotes anxiety, and impacts zeitgeist, among other things.  You start viewing the world as worse that is actually is, and many ppl think the wx is worse and unlike anything society has ever experienced before b/c of wx hype and the ordinary is constantly turned into the extraordinary  That is not good.  Decisions and policy are made from such false perceptions, never mind needless cancellations, as a couple of examples.
 

People died from falling trees in NYC today. 

Yawn. 1.70” of rain and 45 mph winds. 

Winds underperforming tonight. Most areas gusting to 45 but nothing more. Last night probably the main show for winds 

3 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Heavy rain and wind now 

Yea definitely picked up big time. Regularly gusting to 45 or so. Both ISP and FRG gusted to 43 at the top of the hour so it tracks. 

1 minute ago, Intensewind002 said:

Some rain showers moving through again, gusting about 35-40 mph

Definitely picking up 

Winds are roaring again. Constant to near 40. 

At the boat and winds are gusting about 33 knots per the boats instruments. Huntington harbor about 2 feet above normal but not really flooding 

Things of calmed down a bit. 1.03” so far and just some branches around the yard 

Bust

1 minute ago, GaWx said:

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

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

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

WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 9
  to 15 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk,
  dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, up to
  one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in
  vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline. For the
  Coastal Flood Warning, one to two feet of inundation above
  ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront
  and shoreline.

1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

Its cold that inversion will need to wash out. For @psv88 mph 

ISP and FRG already gusting to 37

1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

Euro is very meh with winds. Again wondering about upwellling.

knots

10 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Tree is down on commack road. Passed it on way to lunch. Power line to. Traffic stopped 

i live 1/4 mile from there. winds gusting around 35 now. at the boat in huntington harbor at 12:30 the water level was right below the main dock and winds were gusting to 30 mph per the boat wind instruments. 

i feel as if we will have a lot of tree damage and power outages due to the long duration wind event with wet ground. 

The rain won’t be an issue, it’s the wind and coastal flooding. Looks to be an issue on all models 

Beautiful fall day. Took the boat for a sail and a stiff NE wind was perfect. Mainly 12-18 mph, maybe a stray gust to 20

0.55”

50.7 this morning, 75 earlier, 63 now. Fall. 

EPA going to give the all clear for pollution from power plants. Let’s heat this baby up!
 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/climate/epa-power-plant-climate-rules.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share