I came across this broadcast on my travels across the Internet. It’s a bunch of weathermen

we have two broadcast meteorologists, two retired NWS meteorologists, and a PhD researcher. We are scattered from Texas to Alabama, and we all still have a child like fascination with weather.

sitting around the Internet talking about the weather, this particular show is all SANDY – ordinarily it’s a weekly show, Mondays, but of course this is a special event.

I’m sharing it because I think some of you might enjoy getting a little deeper into the mechanics of this storm. Runs about 40 minutes.

The setup:

Start with Sandy, an ordinary late summer hurricane from the tropics, moving north up the East Coast. Bring in a high pressure ridge of air centered around Greenland that blocks the hurricane’s normal out-to-sea path and forces it west toward land.

Add a wintry cold front moving in from the west and colliding with that storm. Mix in a blast of Arctic air from the north. Add a full moon and its usual effect, pulling in high tides. Factor in immense waves commonly thrashed up by a huge hurricane plus massive gale-force winds.

Do all that and you get a stitched-together weather monster expected to unleash its power over 800 square miles, with predictions in some areas of 12 inches of rain, 2 feet of snow and sustained 40- to 50 mph winds.

“The total is greater than the sum of the individual parts” said Louis Uccellini, the environmental prediction chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologists. “That is exactly what’s going on here.”

Please add links to Sandy info you’ve found.