Showing posts with label wind of the century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wind of the century. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

It's really windy out



Some casualties include a partial awning down at La Contrada on Second Avenue at Fourth Street ... and sidewalk-cafe blockade toppled over at Yuca Bar on Avenue A and Seventh Street...



The wind advisory is effect until midnight... no word on any tree damage in Tompkins Square Park or elsewhere in the neighborhood.

Photos by Derek Berg

Sunday, February 15, 2015

How windy will it get today?


[Photo on East 13th Street near First Avenue by paddy523]

From the weather people

Winter Weather Advisory, Wind Chill Advisory
Statement as of 3:59 AM EST on February 15, 2015

...Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 1 PM EST this
afternoon...
...Wind Chill Advisory remains in effect from 6 PM this evening
to 9 am EST Monday...

• locations...New York City...Metro New Jersey...Long Island and coastal Connecticut.

• Hazard types...periods of snow...blowing snow and high winds into early this afternoon. Hazardous wind chills after midnight through Monday morning.

• Accumulations...snow accumulation of 1 to 5 inches.

• Winds...northwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

• Temperatures...3 below to 20 above zero.

• Wind chill...as low as 22 below due to temperatures 3 below to
16 above zero...and winds northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up
to 45 mph.

• Timing...the strongest winds will occur through early this afternoon. The lowest wind chills will occur after midnight through Monday morning.

And not the first time that we have used the Wind of the Century tag.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Another casualty of wind


Another casualty from The Wind of the Century® ... via EV Grieve regular abrod ... awning down at Euzkadi's on East Fourth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...

Previously.

The casualties of wind

As we first reported, it is windy today. How windy?

It blew some sort of animal pelt or, perhaps, an Ewok, into this tree on Avenue A...


...it ravaged the 7-Eleven signage on the Bowery...


...and whipped the pants off this guest outside the Standard East Village...


Careful out there.