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...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS

AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE

HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

* LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE.

* COASTAL FLOODING...MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE

MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY EVENING HIGH TIDES. MODERATE COASTAL

FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE AND WIDESPREAD

MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS MORNINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE.

* HIGH SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET DRIVEN BY FREQUENT 50 TO 60 MPH WIND

GUSTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY

MONDAY EVENING.

* A 4 TO 8 FEET STORM SURGE COINCIDING WITH THE MONDAY EVENING

HIGH TIDE IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE A RECORD FLOOD AS MEASURED AT

SANDY HOOK...POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 FEET HIGHER THAN EVER RECORDED

SINCE STORM TIDE RECORDS BEGAN AROUND THE 1940S.

* AT SANDY HOOK... NEW JERSEY (SANDY HOOK BAY)... THIS EVENINGS

HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT 741 PM... WITH A FORECAST TIDE LEVEL OF 7.5

TO 8.0 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THE MONDAY MORNING HIGH

TIDE OCCURS AT 801 AM... WITH A FORECAST TIDE LEVEL OF 9.0 TO

9.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THE MONDAY EVENING HIGH

TIDE OCCURS AT 822 PM...WITH A FORECAST TIDE LEVEL OF BETWEEN

10.5 AND 12.0 FEET...THIS LATTER PROJECTION SPECIFIC WITH THE

PATH OF SANDY CROSSING THE NEW JERSEY COAST LATE MONDAY EVENING.

Oh man are we gonna be in trouble... Really fearing for those people who aren't preparing b/c "this is just a nor'easter". Wicked.

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LGA already sustained at 21mph although they are above and beyond any other station right now.

I can vouch on that, feeling the moderate breezes (20s mph) in Maspeth (north-central Queens) this morning. The funneling effect of the LI sound is prominent during E-NE wind events, often by a considerable magnitude compared to other station. Because of the shape of the coast, winds are "squeezed" through the Connecticut and northern Long Island shore, and into northern Queens. I would not be surprised if LGA comes in with gusts as high as observing locations on eastern LI because of this effect.

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