Here she comes! Hurricane Sandy is turning northwest into the mid Atlantic area with unusual force for this area. This is a very rare meteorological event. Most hurricanes bop up the east coast and head for Long Island or east and out to sea and just brush by this area. A fairly rare upper level air pattern developed where a strong cold front that dumped on the west coast a few days ago arrived combined with a low pressure system out in the middle of the Atlantic along with what we call an Omega ridge in the middle of the two. The Omega form is a strong ridge and not easily dislodged. The upper air isobars form what looks like the capital Greek letter omega with the two low pressure systems forming the legs and the ridge in the middle forming the arch of the letter.
