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New Tropical Storm Forms In Active Atlantic: Here's Where Rina's Headed New Tropical Storm Forms In Active Atlantic: Here's Where Rina's Headed
New Tropical Storm Forms In Active Atlantic: Here's Where Rina's Headed A brand-new tropical storm has formed amid a flurry of activity in the Atlantic basin. As of Thursday afternoon, Sept. 28, the center of newly named Tropical Storm Rina is in the eastern Atlantic, moving toward the north-northwest at around 10 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.  Maximum sustained winds are around 40 miles per hour with higher gusts.  On the forecast track, Rina is expected to move north-northwest west over open water. For the storm's projected path through Tuesday, Oct. 3, see the first image above. Rina is the 17th named storm of …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hurricane Lee Growing Larger Before Expected Northward Turn: Latest Projected Landfall Timing Hurricane Lee Growing Larger Before Expected Northward Turn: Latest Projected Landfall Timing
Hurricane Lee Growing Larger Before Expected Northward Turn: Latest Projected Landfall Timing Hurricane Lee is growing in size before it is expected to take a sharp northerly turn by midweek. Click here for a new, updated story: Hurricane Lee Track Shift Poses Increased Threat For Northeast, Possible New England Landfall As of around 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, Lee is located about 550 miles south of Bermuda with 115 mile-per-hour winds. A Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, it's moving northwest at 6 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane-force winds now extend 90 miles from Lee’s center, an increase from the weekend. Some slowing…

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by Joe Lombardi
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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…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Tropical Storm Lee Expected To Become Major Hurricane In Days, But Uncertainty Surrounds Track Tropical Storm Lee Expected To Become Major Hurricane In Days, But Uncertainty Surrounds Track
Tropical Storm Lee Expected To Become Major Hurricane In Days, But Uncertainty Surrounds Track Newly named tropical storm Lee is expected to become a major hurricane in days as forecasters are awaiting new models that will shed light on its eventual track. Lee, now located in the Central Atlantic, is headed on a northwestern path. Lee is forecast to become a major hurricane by early Saturday, Sept. 9, the National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday, Sept. 6, noting that swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents across portions of the Lesser Antilles late this week.   "Residents along the US East Coast from Florida to Maine and Atlantic Canada should…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Snowfall From Merging Storms Now Expected In Wider Part Of Region Snowfall From Merging Storms Now Expected In Wider Part Of Region
Snowfall From Merging Storms Now Expected In Wider Part Of Region A wider part of the region is now expected to see some snowfall from a winterlike storm moving in from the Midwest that will combine forces with the remnants of Hurricane Zeta. The time frame for the merging storms is Thursday afternoon, Oct. 29 into Friday, Oct. 30, with the snowfall expected at times during the day and evening on Friday as the temperature drops.  Accumulating snowfall of 1 to 2 inches is possible parts of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont. (See first image above.) South of the I-84 corridor, precipitation will remain all rain as the tem…

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Tropical Storm Zeta Expected To Become Hurricane In Days: Latest Projected Path New Tropical Storm Zeta Expected To Become Hurricane In Days: Latest Projected Path
New Tropical Storm Zeta Expected To Become Hurricane In Days: Latest Projected Path A newly formed tropical storm is expected to become a hurricane in days. Early Sunday morning, Oct. 25, the center of now Tropical Storm Zeta was located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea about 305 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. A turn toward the west-northwest and an increase in forward speed are forecast by Monday, Oct. 26, followed by a faster northwestward motion on Tuesday, Oct. 27, the National Hurricane Center said. It has maximum sustained winds of near 40 miles per hour with higher gusts.  Zeta is forecast to approach the Gulf Coast as a t…

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by Joe Lombardi