Earl May Pass Dangerously Close to the U.S. East Coast
After slamming the Leeward Islands today, Hurricane Earl may track dangerously close to the East Coast of the United States later this week.
The Leeward Islands will suffer a blow from Hurricane Earl's damaging winds and torrential rain today.
Tuesday into Wednesday, Earl is expected to be a major hurricane curving more to the northwest into the open waters of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The arrival of a new storm system should then turn Earl more to the northeast later in the week.
That turn should spare the United States a direct hit from Earl. However, the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center is concerned that Earl will still pass dangerously close to the East Coast.
North Carolina's Outer Banks and Massachusetts' Cape Cod are at greatest risk for being grazed by Hurricane Earl's wind and rain late this week. The hurricane may then threaten Nova Scotia and Newfoundland next weekend.
It should be stressed that the exact track of Hurricane Earl for late this week is far from etched in stone.
Hurricane Earl could make that turn to the northeast early enough to keep its rain and wind away from the East Coast.
On the other hand, the door would open for Earl to endanger more of the coastline from the Carolinas to New England if that other storm system is slower to arrive.
What is certain is that Earl will rough up seas much more along the entire East Coast than what Hurricane Danielle has done this weekend.
The pounding surf from Earl will likely make swimming downright dangerous from the Carolinas to the Northeast late this week. The rip current threat should also significantly increase along the rest of the Southeast coastline starting Wednesday.
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