Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Historic Storm Continues to Deepen!

This is a storm now stronger than the infamous "Edmund Fitzgerald" storm in Nov. 1975 and an even stronger version almost exactly 23 years after that in Nov. 1998. Its central pressure is also on par with the infamous Superstorm of 1993, and is lower than the last 4 hurricanes of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. Currently the pressure is down to 957mb which puts it second on the list of lowest pressure ever in this part of the region. To reach number one it will have to fall another 7 millibars to beat the Great Ohio Blizzard of 1978. Forecast show it reaching 955mb before starting to fill back in.
Here is a map of all the currents wa

It continues to spawn numerous severe t'storms with damaging winds and tornadoes from Ohio and Pennsylvania south to Mississippi,Alabama and Georgia. Here is the latest map of all the storm reports so far.  
This threat will continue well into the evening as the low pressure finally starts to weaken and move into southern Canada.

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