Good evening gang. Nothing has changed in terms of the overall thought process or setup with Hurricane Sandy and the historic transition into a monster storm.

Sandy it about to intensify and that process will carry it all the way until a likely late Monday landfall along the New Jersey coast. It should be noted the National Hurricane Center has elected to NOT issue Hurricane Warnings. Yes… you head that right. They are allowing local NWS offices to issue High Wind Warnings and Flood Watches instead. I honestly don’t have enough words to describe how insane that idea is. Which is going to get your attention and make you prepare for the storm… A Hurricane Warning or a High Wind Warning?

This is a dangerous precedent being set by the NHC and one that is drawing the ire of a ton of people. Even Jim Cantore of TWC seems upset over it and is wondering aloud on air if people aren’t taking it as serious because there is no Hurricane Warning.

The post landfall track of the storm continues to bend back to the west and even southwest. The GFS, NAM and European Model are in pretty good agreement on that idea. That will throw moisture back in here later Monday through Wednesday. A swath of rain and snow will work in from northeast to southwest. The potential continues to be there for several inches of heavy wet snow to fall across parts of eastern Kentucky.

The HPC has their updated snowfall odds out…

Think of the HPC as being similar to the SPC. The SPC puts out  levels the severe storms risk and the above probabilities would be similar to the Slight, Moderate and High risk.

A full update comes your way later tonight. Have a great rest of your evening and take care.