Hurricane Sandy becomes Monster for Halloween
Trick or Treat…Forecasters have declared Sandy a monster which will have a combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and even snow along the East Coast over the weekend and early next week just in time for Halloween. Carl Parker a hurricane specialist said, “We are looking at one of the worst storms on record that we have seen in this region”.
Sandy is expected to collide with a wintry storm moving from east to West along with frigid air streaming south from Canada. Bryan Norcross another hurricane specialist for the Weather Channel added the storm "will be like a nor'easter with a hurricane embedded in it”.
"It's looking like a very serious storm that could be historic" … Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the Weather Underground
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecaster Jim Cisco… coined the nickname "Frankenstorm,” He also added: "We don't have many modern precedents for what the models are suggesting."
Living in the Roanoke Valley might be intresting in the next few days maybe that will be another post also see www.weather.com
