“Yesterday we hoped during the press conference that the European [forecast] model was correct and the good news is that it looks like the European[forecast] model was correct…that’s good news for north Carolina”, he said.
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Joaquin’s hurricane-force winds, which extended 80km from its center, were forecast to miss the larger Bahamas islands and the main cities and cruise ship ports of Freeport and Nassau.
Yesterday, our necn Weather Team explained that Hurricane Joaquin was likely to track either on the left or right side of the National Hurricane Center cone, but unlikely to head directly into New England.
Cuba has issued a warning for the provinces of Camaguey, Los Tunas, Holguin, and Guantanamo.
A tropical storm warning was in effect for the remainder of the southeastern Bahamas including the Turks and Caicos Islands, Andros Island and the Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Los Tunas, Holguin, and Guantanamo. Stack says with it’s current strength and path, he expects the Hurricane Hunters to be flying more missions into the storm.
Forecasters say the Category 4 storm is likely to stay out in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Joaquin (wa-KEEN) is battering the central Bahamas and moving northward. The storm is now projected to veer well east of the United States, and is considered highly unlikely to make a landfall on the East Coast. It was moving southwest at 6 miles per hour (9 kph). The commander also urged boaters to secure boats and boating equipment and to monitor VHF-FM Channel 16 and news from the National Hurricane Center. The Raleigh National Weather Service has put our entire area under a Flash Flood Watch through Sunday evening. Despite the storm’s pivot out to sea, weather experts have said torrential rain and possible flooding will hit East Coast states and continue into early next week, according to CNN. The storm is about 10 miles (15 kilometers) north of Rum Cay, Bahamas.
The heaviest rain Friday and Friday night will fall in central and eastern parts of North Carolina. To help analysts assess potential storm effects, the US Energy Information Administration maintains an energy disruptions map that displays energy infrastructure and real-time storm information.
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Breezy conditions with occasional wind gusts between 20 and 40mph are possible from Friday through the weekend.
