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Here's Timing For Storm System Headed To Region: 5-Day Forecast Here's Timing For Storm System Headed To Region: 5-Day Forecast
Here's Timing For Storm System Headed To Region: 5-Day Forecast A system heading toward the Atlantic Coast will move north, bringing rain and showers to the Northeast and ending a long stretch of dry weather. The time frame for precipitation in the region is from Tuesday night, Sept. 17 into Thursday, Sept. 19. "The exact track and intensity of the homegrown tropical wind and rainstorm will determine which areas receive the most rain," according to AccuWeather.com. "The track of the system depends on how quickly it develops and the strength and position of the high-pressure zone over the Northeast state." Monday, Sept. 16 will be mostly sunny with high…
'Huge' 400-Pound Stingray Pulled From Long Island Sound Off CT Coast 'Huge' 400-Pound Stingray Pulled From Long Island Sound Off CT Coast
'Huge' 400-Pound Stingray Pulled From Long Island Sound Off CT Coast A Connecticut Fish and Wildlife crew made quite the catch while trawling Long Island Sound.  While spending a day out on Long Island Sound on Wednesday, Sept. 27, a Long Island Sound Trawl Survey crew managed to pull a 400-pound roughtail stingray from the water, Connecticut Fish and Wildlife announced.  The mammoth creature measured over 6 feet long and 5 feet wide, which officially made it "HUGE," Fish and Wildlife official said on social media  It was a rare sight, as while stingrays are found along the Atlantic coast from Florida to New England, they do not often venture into Long Isl…
Tropical Storm Ophelia Makes Landfall, Heads North Packed With Heavy Rain, Strong Winds Tropical Storm Ophelia Makes Landfall, Heads North Packed With Heavy Rain, Strong Winds
Tropical Storm Ophelia Makes Landfall, Heads North Packed With Heavy Rain, Strong Winds Tropical Storm Ophelia is heading inland and northward, bringing heavy rainfall, coastal flooding, and strong winds that extend well beyond its center. Ophelia made landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, on Saturday morning, Sept. 23.  It's packed with 65-mile-per-hour winds and is moving at around 13 mph. Isolated tornadoes are possible from the system. "Ophelia will spread drenching downpours, strong gusts, pounding surf, and ocean, sound, and bay flooding northward along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to New Jersey, southeastern New York, and southern New England…
Update: New Tropical Storm To Bring Drenching Rain, Strong Winds To Region; Tornadoes Possible Update: New Tropical Storm To Bring Drenching Rain, Strong Winds To Region; Tornadoes Possible
Update: New Tropical Storm To Bring Drenching Rain, Strong Winds To Region; Tornadoes Possible A newly named tropical storm that has formed off the coast of North Carolina will bring heavy rain that could cause flooding along with strong wind gusts to much of the Northeast this weekend. New update - Tropical Storm Ophelia Makes Landfall, Moves North, Will Bring Heavy Rain, Strong Winds To Region Tropical Storm Ophelia is packed with winds of about 60 miles per hour and was about 185 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, shortly after it strengthened in the middle of the afternoon Friday, Sept. 22, according to the National Hurricane Center. Isolated tornadoes are poss…
Tropical System With Drenching Downpours, Dangerous Winds Takes Aim At Region: Here's Timing Tropical System With Drenching Downpours, Dangerous Winds Takes Aim At Region: Here's Timing
Tropical System With Drenching Downpours, Dangerous Winds Takes Aim At Region: Here's Timing A potent storm system currently identified as Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 is headed to the Northeast packed with heavy rain and strong wind gusts. Click here for a new, updated story - Tropical Storm Ophelia Forms Off Atlantic Coast: Will Bring Heavy Rain, Gusty Winds To Region The system, which will move into this region overnight Friday, Sept. 22 into Saturday, Sept. 23, and continue well into Saturday evening, "is expected to become a tropical storm and come onshore over North Carolina, then weaken as it makes its way toward our area," according to the National Weather Service. A t…
Here Comes Hurricane Lee: Watches, Advisories Stretch From NY Through New England Here Comes Hurricane Lee: Watches, Advisories Stretch From NY Through New England
Here Comes Hurricane Lee: Watches, Advisories Stretch From NY Through New England Watches and advisories now stretch from New York through New England as millions are expected to be affected by damaging winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Lee. Click here for a new, updated story - Hurricane Lee Set To Batter Northeast Coast With Damaging Winds, Heavy Rain: Here's Timing The newest computer models have the track of the massive system veering back a bit farthest east after models a day earlier projected landfall in coastal Maine. Now, its eye is expected to pass over land near the easternmost tip of Maine and Nova Scotia on Monday,  Sept. 18, near Halifax. As …
Hurricane Lee Restrengthens: New Models Predict Timing, Expected Site Of Landfall Hurricane Lee Restrengthens: New Models Predict Timing, Expected Site Of Landfall
Hurricane Lee Restrengthens: New Models Predict Timing, Expected Site Of Landfall Hurricane Lee has restrengthened as it is just days away from affecting a massive stretch of coastline along the East Coast. Click here for the latest update - Here Comes Hurricane Lee: Watches, Advisories Stretch From NY Through New England As of early Monday morning, Sept. 11, Lee is located 340 miles north of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean with 120 mile-per-hour winds. Now a Category 3 storm, it's moving northwest at 7 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said. It could briefly return to Category 4 status Tuesday morning, Sept. 12 before returning to Category 2 sta…
'Exceptionally Dangerous Weather Event': Lee Becomes Powerful Hurricane, May Hit Cat 5 In Days 'Exceptionally Dangerous Weather Event': Lee Becomes Powerful Hurricane, May Hit Cat 5 In Days
'Exceptionally Dangerous Weather Event': Lee Becomes Powerful Hurricane, May Hit Cat 5 In Days Tropical Storm Lee has strengthened to a hurricane earlier than expected with its current path taking it toward the Atlantic Coast, possibly reaching Category 5 status. Lee, located in the Central Atlantic, is now packed with 110 mile-per-hour winds, making it a Category 2 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. "A more significant threat from Hurricane Lee to the US East Coast could unfold during the middle or end of next week if the storm turns toward the coast," according to AccuWeather.com. Lee is expected to continue strengthening over the next couple of days, beco…
White Shark Tracking East With New Ping Near Block Island White Shark Tracking East With New Ping Near Block Island
White Shark Tracking East With New Ping Near Block Island A large white shark apparently loves Long Island and New England and has decided to stay awhile. For the second time in a one-week span, Frosty has pinged in the Atlantic, and it's apparently moving east. Measuring 9-feet, 2 inches, and weighing 393 pounds, Frosty pinged south of Hampton Bays at around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, May 13, according to the non-profit Ocearch group. A new ping was reported on Sunday, May 21 at about 4:30 a.m. in between Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. (See the first image above.) Frosty was first pinned off the coast of Georgia on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2022. …
White Shark Making Splash Off Long Island Coast White Shark Making Splash Off Long Island Coast
White Shark Making Splash Off Long Island Coast Click here for a new, updated story: White Shark Tracking East After Pinging Off Long Island Coast A large white shark is making a splash near the Long Island coast. Frosty, which measures 9-feet, 2 inches and weighs 393 pounds, pinged south of Hampton Bays at around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, May 13, according to the non-profit Ocearch group. Frosty was first pinned off the coast of Georgia on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2022. It's a Carcharodon carcharias shark, a species that includes the white shark, white pointer, and great white sharks. Great whites measure around 15 to 16 feet on averag…
Surge Of Cold Air Could Bring Accumulating Snowfall To These Parts Of Northeast Surge Of Cold Air Could Bring Accumulating Snowfall To These Parts Of Northeast
Surge Of Cold Air Could Bring Accumulating Snowfall To These Parts Of Northeast The arrival of the coldest air of the season will lead to the possibility of accumulating snowfall in some spots in the Northeast, according to the National Weather Service and AccuWeather.com. Areas in the darker shade of blue in the image above from AccuWeather.com could see 3 to 6 inches of accumulation Tuesday night, Oct. 18 into Wednesday, Oct. 19. "The upcoming accumulating snow and snowflakes over the interior Northeast is a little sooner than average and more typical for the region during the tail end of October, rather than the middle part of the month," accordi…
More To Come? Research Scientists Spell Out Possible Reasons For Increase In Shark Attacks More To Come? Research Scientists Spell Out Possible Reasons For Increase In Shark Attacks
More To Come? Research Scientists Spell Out Possible Reasons For Increase In Shark Attacks As the number of shark sightings and attacks increase in waters up and down the Atlantic Coast, research scientists say to expect more and point to climate change, and the rebounding of the shark population as the reasons. Researchers say shark populations, which declined as much as 90 percent from the 1970s to the 1990s, are now rebounding as the ecosystem resettles, Robert Hueter, the chief scientist of Ocearch, told The New York Times. But, Hueter also points to climate change at work, saying sharks have moved up the coast to the New York Bight, a wedge formed by the shorelines of Long I…
Here's When Tropical Storm Elsa Could Affect Region Here's When Tropical Storm Elsa Could Affect Region
Here's When Tropical Storm Elsa Could Affect Region Tropical Storm Elsa could affect this region late this week as it treks up the East Coast after it's expected to make landfall in Florida. At 8 a.m. Monday, July 5, the center of Elsa was located about 165 miles southeast of Havana, Cuba. It's expected to take a turn toward the northwest as it moves through Florida Tuesday, July 6 into Wednesday, July 7 with landfall expected north of Tampa Bay, AccuWeather said. (See the first image above.) It has maximum sustained winds near 65 miles per hour with higher gusts.  It will trek its way up the Atlantic Coast and then to the Northeast, w…
Projected Track Of First Hurricane Of Season, Now A Tropical Storm, Takes It Up Atlantic Coast Projected Track Of First Hurricane Of Season, Now A Tropical Storm, Takes It Up Atlantic Coast
Projected Track Of First Hurricane Of Season, Now A Tropical Storm, Takes It Up Atlantic Coast Less than 24 hours after becoming the first hurricane of the 2021 season, Elsa has been downgraded to a tropical storm with its latest projected path taking it up the Atlantic Coast and into the Northeast. Tropical Storm Elsa is now nearing Haiti and the Dominican Republic with maximum sustained winds are now near 70 miles per hour with higher gusts, and its latest projected path, released Saturday, July 3, has it approaching the United States after the weekend when it could return to hurricane status. "Elsa is expected to regain some wind intensity early next week once it passes north of C…
Chances Increase For Potentially Major Snowstorm To End January, Start February Chances Increase For Potentially Major Snowstorm To End January, Start February
Chances Increase For Potentially Major Snowstorm To End January, Start February The chances have increased for a potentially major snowstorm that will end the month of January and usher in February, bringing a half-foot or more of accumulation. The storm moving west to east is expected to arrive on Sunday, Jan. 31, and linger into Tuesday, Feb. 2. (See the first image above.) The National Weather Service in a Hazardous Weather Outlook statement issued early Thursday morning, Jan. 28 that the storm could bring 6 or more inches of snow to the area late Sunday night into Tuesday.  'Strong Northeast winds, coastal flooding, and beach erosion will be po…
Blast Of Arctic Air Will Be Followed By Chance For Snowstorm Blast Of Arctic Air Will Be Followed By Chance For Snowstorm
Blast Of Arctic Air Will Be Followed By Chance For Snowstorm A system that brought a mix of accumulating snow, sleet, and rain to the region will be followed by a blast of Arctic air and then the potential for an even more significant storm. The storm moving west to east is expected to affect the region on Sunday, Jan. 31, and Monday, Feb. 1. (See the first image above.) "How much snow falls from the mid-Atlantic and central Appalachians to New England may depend on whether the storm re-strengthens or a secondary storm forms along the Atlantic coast on Monday," AccuWeather Forecasting Manager Dan DePodwin said. "A stronger storm or near-coast s…
System That Will Move Through Region Upgraded To Tropical Storm Fay: Here's What's Coming System That Will Move Through Region Upgraded To Tropical Storm Fay: Here's What's Coming
System That Will Move Through Region Upgraded To Tropical Storm Fay: Here's What's Coming A tropical storm moving up from the Atlantic Coast is expected to soak the region and bring localized flash flooding and travel disruptions. The storm, just named Tropical Storm Fay, is the sixth named storm of the season, the earliest that's happened. The time frame for the storm is Friday, July 10 into Saturday, July 11. A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for coastal New York, including Long Island, and the Long Island Sound in Westchester and southern Fairfield County, effective early Thursday evening, July 9.  "Tropical-storm-force winds are expected somewhere wit…
Tropical System Will Bring Up To 6 Inches Of Rain, Flash Flooding, Travel Disruptions To Region Tropical System Will Bring Up To 6 Inches Of Rain, Flash Flooding, Travel Disruptions To Region
Tropical System Will Bring Up To 6 Inches Of Rain, Flash Flooding, Travel Disruptions To Region A tropical system that's now developing off the Atlantic Coast is expected to soak the region and bring localized flash flooding and travel disruptions. The time frame for the storm is Friday, July 10 into Saturday, July 11. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect from 6 a.m. Friday until 12 a.m. Saturday. "Low pressure moving up the coast Friday into early Saturday has the potential to produce flooding rains," the National Weather Service said in a Hazardous Weather Outlook statement released Thursday, July 9. "Exactly where the heaviest rains occur will be highly dependent on the…
Tracking Dorian: Here's How Major Hurricane, Back To Cat 3 Status, Will Affect Area Tracking Dorian: Here's How Major Hurricane, Back To Cat 3 Status, Will Affect Area
Tracking Dorian: Here's How Major Hurricane, Back To Cat 3 Status, Will Affect Area After leaving an unprecedented trail of destruction in the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian has picked up speed as it makes its way up the Atlantic Coast. Early Thursday morning, Sept. 5, the eye of the hurricane, now back to Category 3 status, was about 60 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, moving north at about 10 miles per hour off the coast with high winds of 115 mph. While the New York metropolitan area won't feel the true wrath of the storm,  Dorian will bring rain, gusty winds, coastal flooding, high tide, rough surf and high waves to the areas shown in the first imag…
Massive Category 4 Hurricane Ready To Make Landfall Before Bringing Drenching Rain To Area Massive Category 4 Hurricane Ready To Make Landfall Before Bringing Drenching Rain To Area
Massive Category 4 Hurricane Ready To Make Landfall Before Bringing Drenching Rain To Area The most powerful storm to ever hit the Florida panhandle will bring drenching rains and gusty winds to the tristate area as it barrels off the coast on Thursday. Michael, now a major Category 4 hurricane, is packing winds of 140 mph. It's moving north at about 13 mph, located about 100 miles south-southwest of Panama City, Florida, where it is expected to make landfall at about 1 p.m. In this area, heavy rainfall is likely Thursday into Thursday evening. A cold front will approach from the west and a tropical moisture plume will stream in from the south between offshore high pressure and M…
Florence Expected To Be Cat 4 Hurricane As It Nears Eastern Seaboard Florence Expected To Be Cat 4 Hurricane As It Nears Eastern Seaboard
Florence Expected To Be Cat 4 Hurricane As It Nears Eastern Seaboard The latest forecast models have increased the likelihood that Florence will pose a serious direct threat to part of the Eastern Seaboard this week as a potentially major hurricane. Tropical Storm Florence, currently about 765 miles from Bermuda and 1,500 miles from the East Coast, is expected to regain strength and return to hurricane status later in the day Sunday. For a look at the latest projected track and timing for Florence, view the first image above. For the most likely arrival time for Tropical Storm force winds accompanying the storm, view the third image above. Florence became t…
Tropical Storm Chris Swirls Off Atlantic Coast: Will It Impact Area? Tropical Storm Chris Swirls Off Atlantic Coast: Will It Impact Area?
Tropical Storm Chris Swirls Off Atlantic Coast: Will It Impact Area? Click here for an updated story Tropical Storm Chris Expected To Become Hurricane: Latest Path Projection One of the first tropical storms of the 2018 hurricane season seems to be trying to make up its mind. The storm, called Chris, is swirling off the Atlantic Coast after gaining strength from the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. It is expected to move very little through Monday, according to AccuWeather.com. A man died after reportedly ignoring the “No Swimming” flags posted in the rough surf off Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina on Saturday. Seas are expected to become too dangerous for o…