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Why did Sandy Become a “Superstorm”<br />
• At landfall in New Jersey, Sandy possess some unusual path, size, and<br />
hazard characteristics, leading the storm to be dubbed a “Superstorm”<br />
by the media, including:<br />
• West-northwestward motion into New Jersey coast<br />
• Very large wind field<br />
• Extreme storm surge in New York & New Jersey<br />
• The term “Superstorm” is a creation of the media. There is no formal<br />
meteorological meaning for this term.<br />
• In meteorological terms, Hurricane Sandy completed a process known<br />
as Extratropical Transition just before landfall. This resulted in the<br />
National Hurricane Center classifying Sandy as “Post-Tropical”, which<br />
means Sandy had become an extratropical cyclone.
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