10 Awesome High-Res Hurricane Sandy Maps, Trends
BONUS! Couldn't resist adding these awesome maps from NASA:
And also these 3D animations from NCAR:
Hurricane Sandy was one year ago. In the 48 hours around the anniversary, (stats updated 10/30, see also 10/29 image) 29,964 people tweeted 34,062 times with the term "Sandy" -- from population centers all over the globe, but, of course, most of them came from the northeastern United States, according to TrendsMap.com. Not surprisingly, the graph showed a spike Tuesday morning, the day of the landfall anniversary. Click on the image to see the top tweets and web addresses being shared:
Today, in memory of the storm and the tragedy, I'd like to offer a collection of what I consider to be the best, most-poignant, post-analysis, high-resolution weather maps from the Superstorm (Capital Weather Gang also has an excellent collection). As far as photos, a Google search may suffice, but these from Buzzfeed are the best high-resolution before and after photos that I've seen.
But first, a list of links to my blog entries from the event:
250,000 Hurricane Sandy-Ravaged Cars (Published at 2013/01/07 at 12:55 pm)
Devastating Hurricane Sandy Before and After Sat Images (Published at 2012/11/01 at 10:13 am)
Hurricane Sandy Drops 3-5 Feet of Snow! (Published at 2012/10/31 at 9:11 am)
Superstorm Sandy Stats: 95 MPH Wind, 40-Foot Waves (Published at 2012/10/30 at 2:29 pm)
Hurricane Sandy: The $100 Billion Storm (Published at 2012/10/29 at 3:12 pm)
Could Sandy Break the NE U.S. Low Pressure Record? (Published at 2012/10/26 at 4:47 pm)
Sandy: A Few Good Men Vs. the Storm of the Century (Published at 2012/10/26 at 6:53 am)
Sandy the Superstorm? History Says No (Published at 2012/10/24 at 12:29 pm)
The Coming Halloween Superstorm — or Not (Published at 2012/10/22 at 12:51 pm)
The copyright / source on the graphics is AccuWeather unless otherwise mentioned. Click on each map for HD awesomeness.
We also have a series of one-year-later stories on AccuWeather.com today, examining how Sandy turned into a "meteorological monster" and stories about homeowners who haven't yet recovered.
3-D Wind Field in Hurricane Sandy, by UCAR:
2-D Wind Field in Hurricane Sandy, by NOAA
Hurricane Sandy vs. Hurricane Katrina Stats, by Huffington Post:
Hurricane Sandy Flood Tweets, by FloatingSheep.Org:
