Hurricane Sandy has left its mark on much of the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. Here is a recap of the local wind gusts and rainfall totals from the National Weather Service office in Wakefield, VA. (Cover image courtesy of NASA GOES)
Peak Wind Gusts (mph): Image from NWS Wakefield. (Click on the image for a bigger view)
Wallops Island – 68
3rd Island Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel – 67
Chesapeake Light Station – 66
Rappahannock Light Tower – 66
Cape Henry – 63
Onancock – 62
Accomack – 61
Kiptopeke – 60
Yorktown USCG Station – 59
Willoughby Degaussing Station – 58
NAS Oceana – 55
Duck Pier – 55
New Point Comfort – 52
Plantation Flats/Cape Charles – 52
Wachapreague – 52
Norfolk International Airport – 51
Elizabeth City – 51
Langley AFB – 51
Dominion Terminal – 51
NAS Norfolk – 49
Sandbridge – 49
Thimble Shoals/Chesapeake Bay – 49
Lynnhaven Pier – 48
Newport News – 47
Fort Eustis – 46
Williamsburg Airport – 46
Deltaville – 46
Lafayette River/Norfolk – 45
West Point – 39
Money Point – 38
Richmond International Airport – 35
Edenton – 35
Wakefield – 33
Franklin – 24
Storm total rainfall totals: Image from NWS Wakefield. (Click on the image for a bigger view)
Pungo (Virginia Beach) – 9.58″
Oceana (Virginia Beach) – 9.38″
Cashville (Accomack) – 9.38″
White Stone (Middlesex) – 8.96″
Greenbackville (Accomack) – 8.64″
Haywood (Mathews) – 8.59″
Onley (Accomack) – 8.47″
Onancock (Accomack) – 8.39″
Wallops Island (Accomack) – 8.23″
Virginia Beach – 7.99″
Newport News – 7.63″
Newport News Airport – 7.39″
Langley AFB (Hampton) – 7.29″
Hampton – 6.91″
Smithfield (Isle of Wight) – 6.25″
Williamsburg (James City) – 6.12″
Norfolk Intl Airport (Norfolk) – 5.93″
Downtown Norfolk – 5.77″
Gloucester Courthouse (Gloucester) – 5.64″
Suffolk – 5.54″
Elizabeth City (Pasquotank) – 3.44
Wakefield (Sussex) – 3.18″
Eure (Gates) – 2.10″
