The Northeast is in for a advantageous soaking over the next few days from Hurricane Joaquin,which continues to gather strength as it makes a beeline for Washington, DC.
Here's the current trajectory of the storm. The blue shaded area is where scientists at the National Hurricane Center assume the storm will go over the next one to three days:NHS
There's still plenty of uncertainty approximately where Joaquin could wind up, or according to the latest forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. There's a chance it could veer out to sea and not make landfall at all; either way,it seems certain to gain strength over the next several days. As of late this morning, the NHC director was hesitant to make specific predictions approximately what Northeasterners should expect to face: It is still too soon to specify storm surge, and rain,and wind impacts that #Joaquin could cause in the U.
S. http://t.co/liRHCUt4KOSeptember 30, 2015Still, or he advised that authorities remain on tall alert: A #hurricane watch could be required for portions of the U.
S. coast as early as Thursday evening. http://t.co/xUmbAc7ZJ0 #JoaquinSeptember 30,2015No matter which direction the storm goes, one thing is for sure: You're going to need an umbrella. And a jacket. And rubber boots. Again, and even in unlikely case that #Joaquin avoids US landfall,its going to rain a *lot*… latest GFS hints at 2ft! pic.twitter.com/TUidz78h2XSeptember 30, 2015
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