HIGH WIND WARNING for New York City (Near Hurricane Force)

National Weather Service Upton NY ^ | November 13, 2003

[John H K]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1012 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...

A STRONG INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTH OF NEW YORK STATE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES BUILDS EAST. THE INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THESE HIGH WIND GUSTS...PERSISTING FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS...WILL DOWN MANY TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE REGION. PLEASE PREPARE FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DURING THIS TIME.

[Mixer]

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... A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NEW JERSEY... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MARYLAND... AND NORTHERN DELAWARE.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME WEST... THEN NORTHWEST... AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM MID MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. A STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK SOUTH TO CAPE MAY.

MAKE SURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS ARE EITHER BROUGHT INSIDE OR ARE TIED DOWN SECURELY. IF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TODAY AND THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY WHEN CROSSING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE TREES AND TREE LIMBS TO FALL... LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. IF POSSIBLE... DO NOT PARK VEHICLES OR CONGREGATE UNDERNEATH TREES.

GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AS WELL... ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS TODAY. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND....

[John H K]

Well, it helps that most of the leaves are off the deciduous trees; one reason hurricanes and tropical storms around here cause worse power outages is that they hit with leaves on the trees.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Found this info from a Google search (from this link):

Re: When it is windy, why does the toilet water move?

Answer:

"I had noticed my toilet water swaying before, but never noticed the connection with the wind. Great observation!

In most homes, the drain system has a vertical pipe which leads to an outlet on the roof. This pipe is called a "vent stack". It allows sewage gases to vent to the air outside your house rather than bubbling up through your sink and toilet (ick!), and allows air to pass through the pipes, which ensures that wastewater drains smoothly.

When the wind blows over your house, the air pressure changes because of the "Bernoulli effect". The Bernoulli effect says that pressure becomes lower when flow is faster. It's this effect that sucks loose objects out the car window when you open it while driving; it also creates the lift that allows an airplane to fly. As the wind blows over your house, the Bernoulli effect lowers the pressure at the top of the vent stack. This creates a slight suction throughout the plumbing system, which pulls against the water sitting in the trap in the toilet bowl. As the wind strengthens and weakens, it produces more or less suction, which causes the water in the bowl to slosh."

[areafiftyone]

Figured out that I could save $300.00 per month cutting buying lunch, breakfast and a metrocard. Not a bad deal and I lose weight in the process.

[wtc911]

I guess that old saw about Jersey folks identifying their location by exit is true....unique.

[thoughtomator]

Ahh there it is! Thanks, fellas!

[dep]

on, more precisely, that trees with leaves have a lot more wind resistance than trees without leaves.

[sully777]

Typical country fall weather. I remember one year Salt Lake City being ravaged by 80-100 mph winds for about a day. As I recall hearing about this news in the NYC area, I heard a guy say, "Stupid white trash get what 'day deserve living out 'dere."

Yes, instead of some guy wearing a John Deere cap, blue jeans, and a hooded sweatshirt talking about the destruction to his ranch house, we'll have some guy with a rolled up ski mask on his head, oversized pants and a hooded sweatshirt, talking about "dis, dat, and dee udder ding" when referring to the large tree lodged in his Centerreach palace (NYC sarcasm)."

[TBall]

I think its very strange indeed.

[RightWingNilla]

Well as long as it is not accompanied with....

No! Dont mention the "s" word. We had enough last year for five winters.

[lupie]

Sounds like the Bernoulli effect on the plumbing vents, possibly. Any plumbing experts out there?

That is what I was thinking except I couldn't figure out where they were exposed to the change in pressure. Didn't think about the vents but that would make sense. It doesn't take much. I was going to ask my husband who pointed it out to me but he wasn't talking to me after I asked I commented that I am not the one who goes around looking in toilets (unless it is time to clean them). :)

Also.. isn't there something about a tornado coming that changes the water lever too? Or is that blizzareds, or both??? I don't remember. Brain is too fuzzy.

[MindBender26]

Web Cams looking at Hudson River look VERY snotty!

[RightWingNilla]

Hey there TiLH. Hear the Yanks are going after Schilling.

[RLK]

We are into 40 miles per hour in West Virginia.

[el_texicano]

Ping, Ping, Ping...

Hey, NYC dearie!!!! Are you ok there???

I hope you are not silly enough to get out in that nasty wind.

Hitlery must be spoutin off in the senate for this much wind.

[E Rocc]

It felt like my car was going to fly off the Whitestone Bridge this morning.

Sure was a lot of "fun" crossing the 480 bridge this morning:

-Eric

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Hear the Yanks are going after Schilling.

Heard that too. I've heard Schilling isn't interested, but for all I know that's just a ploy on his part to get a better deal. He would be a great substitute for Roger Clemens.

[RightWingNilla]

lol. That looks like fun.

[katnip]

I never got to feel like I was flying over the Throgs Neck bridge this morning. The bridge was bumper to bumper with trucks going extra slow.

Wind in Westchester right now is howling!

[RightWingNilla]

I've heard Schilling isn't interested

He'll come to NY. Much better chance for him to get back to the World Series. Also Arizona is apparenly very interested in Johnson and Soriano.