Good Sunday all-
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING is up for the entire shoreline
The forecast is largely the same as yesterday, but a jog to the east overnight has occurred. What does that mean for us? Well...not much. My biggest concern remains the surge of 2-4' (by comparison, CT's storm surge during Hurricane Sandy was 5.5 ft in Bridgeport). Thus, it won't be anywhere near that extreme but...still quite damaging. I would certainly be moving my items to the top floor of the house if I lived on the immediate shoreline. As for wind, 20 gusting to 40 should do it for all of Connecticut, with the shoreline seeing 30 gusting to 50-55 instead. It would not surprise me to see one or two gusts to 60 in the state, but these appear likely to be few and far between.
The worst of the storm will be from midnight tonight to noon on Tuesday. During that time, keep an eye on the forecast and get ready for quite a noteworthy storm!
Please stay informed by using the National Hurricane Center's website, nhc.noaa.gov, which will give updates on Hermine every 3 hours from now until landfall. Use the "public advisory" or the "hurricane local statements" as your guide- the other products are for geeks like me and tend to be quite technical. Governor Malloy is closing the state parks at noon today...and is activating the emergency operations center tonight. Please pay attention to his announcements as well.
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