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Botany

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3. Yup a high pressure (warmer air) system parked over .....

Reply to jeffreyi (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 02:28 PM

Oct 2012

.... Greenland* in late October is really weird and with the higher levels of the seas
from glacial melting helped to make this storm far worse. Normally the strong
cold front coming from the north and west in SHOULD HAVE pushed Hurricane
Sandy out into the Atlantic.

* The melting of Greenland's ice cap???????

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Why did Hurricane Sandy take such an unusual track into New Jersey? [View all] jeffreyi Oct 2012 OP

Got a link? thecrow Oct 2012 #1

Ooops. Added the link. nt jeffreyi Oct 2012 #4

Thank you thecrow Oct 2012 #5

The melting of the Arctic ice cap has forever transformed the jet stream SubgeniusHasSlack Oct 2012 #2

Do we know that, though? AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #7

Yup a high pressure (warmer air) system parked over ..... Botany Oct 2012 #3

All right. Trust Jeff Masters to put a stake in the ground on this. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #6

No GPS Demeter Oct 2012 #8