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Coldest Weather So Far This Season

| October 29, 2012 @ 6:09 am

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WINDY AND COLD: While Sandy grabs the national attention, our weather will be dry for the next seven days. Of course, the tight pressure gradient today will mean windy conditions; north winds today will average 12-25 mph, with occasional gusts to 30. We won’t get out of the 50s despite sunshine in full supply.

NEAR FREEZING: We are projecting lows in the 32 to 36 degree range early tomorrow. Probably no frost due to the wind, but it should be the coldest morning so far this season. Best chance of a freeze, most likely, will be over the northwest corner of the state where the wind should be a little lighter.

REST OF THE WEEK: Sunny cool days, clear cold nights. Simple forecast… although we do note some clouds could invade the northeast corner of the state late tonight and tomorrow as the huge circulation of Sandy moves east. Tomorrow will remain pretty windy as well, but the winds won’t be as strong over the latter half of the week as pressures rise in the core of Sandy.

We note that there will be frost potential on most mornings through the weekend as we project lows in the 30s.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY: More “severe clear”. Highs in the 60s, lows in the 30s. A very simple forecast.

SANDY: We did a 90 minute live WeatherBrains special last night which tells you everything you need to know, and answers your questions…

Sandy will move into the southern New Jersey coast tonight with a central pressure of around 950 mb, or lower. Sandy remains a tropical system (85 mph hurricane) now, but is expected to make a slow transformation into a cold core system during the day. Hurricane force winds extend 175 miles out from the center in all directions, with tropical storm force winds out to almost 500 miles. A “hurricane force wind warning” is up for much of the Northeast U.S. And, how about the blizzard warning for the West Virginia mountains, where they will be measuring snow in terms of feet instead of inches. See the Weather Xtreme video for the details and graphics.

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