Time to start paying attention, folks.
The National Weather Service upgraded Tropical Storm Joaquin — now located east of the Bahamas — to a category 1 hurricane in its 8:00 a.m. advisory:
BREAKING: #Joaquin now a category 1 hurricane as of 8 AM EDT. pic.twitter.com/AqHnkjnZWd
— Ed Vallee | Empire Weather LLC (@EdValleeWx) September 30, 2015
Joaquin is expected to intensify significantly and affect the East Coast with the potential of “devastating” rains from North Carolina on north, but exactly where remains a best guess at this point:
Sun am on the GFS
pressure, wind gusts, precip total through Tue
Huge event, further south, but genre of Sandy pic.twitter.com/SKhKWvE8lx— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) September 30, 2015
US hurricane models, if correct, would be most devastating tropical event in last 100 yrs from Va to Del Bay. ECMWF still offering way out
— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) September 30, 2015
Before the US, Joaquin will devastate central Bahamas with cat 3 hurricane hit back to BAHAMIAN LONG ISLAND . Nassau spared worst tho
— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) September 30, 2015
The noreaster before Joaquin is a beast also Friday into Saturday. This adds to the problem Formidable in itself. but would set stage
— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) September 30, 2015
GFW wavewatch with 45-50 foot waves off NC coast, 20 plus all the way to Long island by early Sunday am pic.twitter.com/UJ1gTjQzAA
— Joe Bastardi (@BigJoeBastardi) September 30, 2015
Regardless of track of #Joaquin, risk/potential for enormous rains in North Carolina thru Fri, Swath of 10-25'' (!) pic.twitter.com/I6ilNz1SYb
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) September 30, 2015
Here is the 500 AM @NHC_Atlantic forecast map for Tropical Storm #Joaquin. Yes, track is closer to the East Coast. pic.twitter.com/pN2d5kSGSW
— Gary Szatkowski (@GarySzatkowski) September 30, 2015
8AM UPDATE: #Joaquin NOW a HURRICANE. Category 1 with winds 75 mph. #Fox25 pic.twitter.com/eHQcS1vSHA
— Sarah Wroblewski (@sarahwroblewski) September 30, 2015
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