You sure about this? Storm Surge COULD reach 14 feet if this were a class 4 storm. But since its barely a class 1 hurricane, this will not be the case.
Believe it. Here's why:
1. Angle of arrival is 90 degrees to the coastline. Worst-case scenario (multiple hours of "pushing water" to shore.
2. VERY large storm. Lots of energy to push over a much wider-than-normal swath.
Also note this new tweet:
(Dr.) Ryan Maue Ryan Maue [meteorologist PhD] @RyanMaue
Largest waves still well offshore, will lag landfall -- tonight's surge looks dire. 45 foot wave/swell east of center pic.twitter.com/pS78EaUA
Geography. Long Island Sound is going to funnel a lot of water straight at NYC, and basically doesn’t allow a lot of water to come back out.
11-14’ ft above high tide is still the local prediction for that part of the CT shoreline.