SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 854 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE RECENT STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC ***********************PEAK WIND GUST*********************** LOCATION MAX WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS GUST OF MPH MEASUREMENT CONNECTICUT... ANZ330... 2 S GROTON 76 300 PM 10/29 MESONET ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY... BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT 76 549 PM 10/29 ASOS GREENWICH 70 520 PM 10/29 TRAINED SPOTTER NORWALK 69 830 PM 10/29 PUBLIC TRUMBULL 68 540 PM 10/29 TRAINED SPOTTER DANBURY AIRPORT 68 711 PM 10/29 ASOS ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY... 3 SW MIDDLETOWN 58 643 PM 10/29 MESONET ...NEW HAVEN COUNTY... MADISON 85 520 PM 10/29 PUBLIC ...NEW LONDON COUNTY... GROTON AIRPORT 75 335 PM 10/29 ASOS STONINGTON 70 300 PM 10/29 EMERGENCY MNGR NEW JERSEY ...BERGEN COUNTY... 1 SSE TEANECK 76 731 PM 10/29 MESONET TETERBORO 72 747 PM 10/29 ASOS NORTH ARLINGTON 63 348 PM 10/29 SKYWARN SPOTTER ...ESSEX COUNTY... 1 N MONTCLAIR 88 1020 PM 10/29 MESONET NEWARK AIRPORT 78 751 PM 10/29 ASOS FAIRFIELD 72 741 PM 10/29 MESONET 1 ESE FAIRFIELD 72 741 PM 10/29 MESONET CALDWELL AIRPORT 70 614 PM 10/29 ASOS ...HUDSON COUNTY... 1 ENE BAYONNE 77 805 PM 10/29 MESONET HARRISON 68 720 PM 10/29 CO-OP OBSERVER ...PASSAIC COUNTY... CLIFTON 80 930 PM 10/29 SKYWARN SPOTTER NEW YORK ...ANZ338... 2 N TOMPKINSVILLE 90 824 PM 10/29 MESONET ...ANZ355... BUOY 44065 69 514 PM 10/29 NY HARBOR APPROACH BUOY ...ANZ370... BUOY 44025 74 250 PM 10/29 BUOY ...KINGS COUNTY... CONEY ISLAND 69 642 PM 10/29 MESONET FLATBUSH 58 905 PM 10/29 MESONET ...NASSAU COUNTY... SYOSSET 82 703 PM 10/29 SKYWARN SPOTTER 1 E POINT LOOKOUT 80 750 PM 10/29 JONES BEACH COAST GUARD 3 E LIDO BEACH 79 615 PM 10/29 MESONET BAYVILLE 77 521 PM 10/29 MESONET 2 NNE GLEN COVE 77 521 PM 10/29 MESONET OYSTER BAY 67 338 PM 10/29 SKYWARN SPOTTER ...NEW YORK COUNTY... CENTRAL PARK 62 313 PM 10/29 ASOS ...ORANGE COUNTY... ORANGE LAKE 61 745 PM 10/29 MESONET MONTGOMERY 58 740 PM 10/29 ASOS ...QUEENS COUNTY... 2 SSE JACKSON HEIGHT 79 802 PM 10/29 MESONET NYC/JFK AIRPORT 79 751 PM 10/29 ASOS BREEZY POINT 78 830 PM 10/29 MESONET NYC/LA GUARDIA 74 655 PM 10/29 ASOS ...SUFFOLK COUNTY... EATONS NECK 96 655 PM 10/29 MESONET-ELEVATED 71FT ISLIP AIRPORT 90 626 PM 10/29 78KT 4 ENE PLUM ISLAND 85 435 PM 10/29 MESONET EAST MORICHES 81 600 PM 10/29 MESONET EAST FARMINGDALE 79 723 PM 10/29 ASOS UPTON 79 150 PM 10/29 MESONET PATCHOGUE 77 701 PM 10/29 SPOTTER FIRE ISLAND 75 435 PM 10/29 MESONET POINT O'WOODS 73 350 PM 10/29 MESONET 1 ENE MONTAUK HIGHWAY 73 220 PM 10/29 MESONET 2 WSW FISHERS ISLAND 71 300 PM 10/29 MESONET 1 S BLUE POINT 70 608 PM 10/29 MESONET OCEAN BEACH 68 715 PM 10/29 MESONET 1 NW EAST HAMPTON 66 355 PM 10/29 MESONET ...WESTCHESTER COUNTY... WHITE PLAINS 72 705 PM 10/29 ASOS $$ ...STORM SURGE... ...MAXIMUM WATER LEVELS FROM POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY AND ACCOMPANYING SURGE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GAUGES... ..........................MAXIMUM.......ASTRONOMICAL....STORM LOCATION................WATER LEVEL......TIDE LEVEL.....SURGE.....TIME FREEPORT................10.12 FT NGVD...2.27 FT NGVD....7.85 FT...930 PM REYNOLDS CHANNEL........10.10 FT NGVD...2.32 FT NGVD....7.78 FT...906 PM LINDENHURST..............7.73 FT NGVD...1.47 FT NGVD....6.26 FT..1006 PM EAST ROCKAWAY...........10.80 FT NGVD...2.72 FT NGVD....8.08 FT...842 PM JAMAICA.................11.65 FT NGVD...3.28 FT NGVD....8.37 FT...936 PM ROCKAWAY................11.75 FT NGVD...2.81 FT NGVD....8.94 FT...924 PM ..........................MAXIMUM.......ASTRONOMICAL....STORM LOCATION................WATER LEVEL......TIDE LEVEL.....SURGE.....TIME BERGEN POINT............14.60 FT MLLW...5.15 FT MLLW....9.45 FT...924 PM BATTERY.................13.88 FT MLLW...4.65 FT MLLW....9.23 FT...924 PM KINGS POINT.............14.38 FT MLLW...5.60 FT MLLW....8.78 FT..1000 PM BRIDGEPORT..............13.26 FT MLLW...5.31 FT MLLW....7.95 FT..1006 PM NEW HAVEN...............12.30 FT MLLW...3.97 FT MLLW....8.33 FT...930 PM NEW LONDON...............8.04 FT MLLW...2.08 FT MLLW....5.96 FT...812 PM MONTAUK..................7.12 FT MLLW...1.88 FT MLLW....5.24 FT...812 PM NGVD = NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM OF 1929 MLLW = MEAN LOWER LOW WATER STORM SURGE IS DEFINED AS THE ABNORMAL RISE OF WATER GENERATED BY A STORM...OVER AND ABOVE THE PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. THE MAXIMUM WATER LEVEL...OR STORM TIDE...IS THE SUM OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVEL AND STORM SURGE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE TABLES ABOVE...THE MAXIMUM WATER LEVEL WAS THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL RECORDED AT THE DESIGNATED GAUGE. THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVEL WAS THE PREDICTED TIDE LEVEL FOR THE TIME THAT THE MAXIMUM WATER LEVEL WAS MEASURED. THE STORM SURGE WAS CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVEL FROM THE MAXIMUM WATER LEVEL. $$