Hurricane Sandy Making Landfall

Hurricane Sandy is now making landfall with winds of 90 mph and a central pressure of 940mB, the deepest tropical system to hit New England ever.

I hinted at the strong potential for a system that could produce some damaging winds for northern Ohio last week, The magnitude of this storm was certainly not something I bargained for. Check out the visible satellite which shows the cloud shield as far west as Lake Michigan.

As Sandy moves inland, the pressure differences between the center of the storm and right here in northern Ohio will continue to increase the winds. Reports from the Lorain buoy 16 miles off the Lake Erie shore show 12 foot waves and pressures dropping with gusts nearing 50 mph!

EXPECT WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH CLOSE TO THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. 45-55 MPH GUSTS ELSEWHERE

Lake Erie waves will be pushing 20 feet in spots (purple shades) according to this model early tomorrow morning