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Summary

• Hurricane Sandy produced damaging winds across northeast Pennsylvania and portions of central New York on October 29th and 30th.
• Heavy rain generally by-passed the area, falling farther to the south and west.
• Changes in stability and the potential for blocking of the flow by terrain were examined, and may have impacted the evolution of the wind event in our area.
• Model soundings may have over-estimated 2000 foot winds in some cases, but the BUFKIT momentum transfer tool was useful to estimate peak gusts.