Hurricane Sandy behaved in a similar manner to the Perfect Storm of 1991 in how it combined with an extratropical storm system and gained strength.
Although Sandy was only a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall on Atlantic City, NJ on Monday, October 29, 2012, other factors combined to make it a "perfect storm." Hurricane Sandy came from a merging of several things; a storm beginning in the warmed waters of the ocean, a funneling of cold air from the Arctic that pushed it onto the coast, and a high tide that coincided with the storm swell.
Other factors that made Sandy a unique storm: its extremely low pressure (946 millibars on landfall), it's size (almost 1,000 miles wide), and it's path (making a sharp left turn into the Jersey shore, powered by high pressure from a system in Canada).
Hurricane Katrina was called the perfect storm because of the certain set of circumstances that caused it to be so deadly
Hurricane Sandy was an unusually large and powerful storm and its great destructive potential was recognized days before its final landfall. Sandy merged with a non-tropical storm system in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991 and it technically was no longer a hurricane when it made landfall in New Jersey.
Hurricane Sandy is an usually large and intense storm that has combined traits of a tropical and an extratropical cyclone in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991.
By reading about Hurricane Sandy you become informed about a very unusual and devastating storm.
No. Hurricane Katrina dissipated in 2005 and will never return. Hurricane Sandy occurred seven years after Katrina and is a completely different storm.
It is unusual for a hurricane to turn make a westward turn towards the U.S. east coast. Most hurricanes that occur in that region will tend to make and eastward turn out to sea. Sandy also intensified do to interaction with and extratropical storm system in a manner not seen since the Perfect Storm of 1991.
Hurricane Sandy was an unusually large and powerful storm and its great destructive potential was recognized days before its final landfall. Sandy merged with a non-tropical storm system in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991 and it technically was no longer a hurricane when it made landfall in New Jersey.
Hurricane Sandy is referred to as "Frankenstorm" by some media outlets because it is an unusual system not unlike the Perfect Storm of 1991 that involves a combination of a hurricane with another type of storm. On top of that the storm is occurring around Halloween.
Hurricane Sandy is an usually large and intense storm that has combined traits of a tropical and an extratropical cyclone in a manner similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991.
Sandy was a hurricane for most of its time, peaking as a category 2 hurricane before striking Cuba. At landfall in the U.S. Sandy was still at hurricane intensity but had transitioned into a post-tropical cyclone.
By reading about Hurricane Sandy you become informed about a very unusual and devastating storm.
Hurricane Sandy is expected to cause 6 to 11 feet storm surge.
No. Hurricane Katrina dissipated in 2005 and will never return. Hurricane Sandy occurred seven years after Katrina and is a completely different storm.
They chased the storm. The wind was strong but they fought it.
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy was a newsworthy event because it was an extremely large, dangerous, and destructive storm that showed unprecedented behavior.
No. Hurricane Sandy is only affecting the east coast of the U.S. Oregon will not feel any affects from the storm.
Hurricane Hunters - 2012 Super-Storm Sandy Strikes - 2.9 was released on: USA: 29 July 2013