CNN has a good breakdown of of Earl’s likely path. Cape Hatteras and other areas on the Carolinas’ coast have the most to fear as the storm may still have Category 4-force winds (131-155 mph) as it nears their shore. New York’s Long Island should likely be spared a direct blow, but Cape Cod may very well have to deal with a Category 2 storm arriving late Friday night/early Saturday morning.
The trajectory also doesn’t bode well for good weather this weekend on the coast of Maine, which is a particular bummer for me since I will be up there trying to enjoy the best state in America for the next few days. (I grew up there.) Ultimately, however, I won’t mind too much as long as the storm brings only heavy rains and winds and doesn’t become a swift-moving Category 2 hurricane that makes it much further north than it should.
UPDATE: And in case any of you still aren’t taking this storm seriously, here’s something that should make you take notice about the enormity of Earl’s reach.
Earl covers about 166,000 square miles — larger than California, which covers just under 160,000 square miles. The storm’s outflow, or the clouds associated with it, could stretch from one end of the state of Texas to the other, said CNN meteorologist Reynolds Wolf.
That’s a lot of wind.
Projected Path
Possible Paths
(via CNN)
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