Albany is cool, dry with an eye on Hurricane Joaquin

Therefore, we’ll have to monitor Joaquin’s track closely, and adjust the forecast accordingly. Clouds mark a low-pressure system moving into Somers Point, N.J., Wednesday, September 30, 2015.

Joaquin (wah-KEEN) was making a path toward the East Coast of the United States, where it could hit by the weekend, forecasters were predicting.

(Weather Underground via AP).

Tropical storm conditions are possible in the southeastern Bahamas beginning tonight. Next stop, Category 4 (sustained winds of 130)? The storm is expected to e…

The most severe flooding reported so far was on Acklins island, where power went off overnight and phones were down. “There’s nothing you can do about it. If it comes, it comes, and you do what you can”, said Gosling, who has lived on Eleuthera for 27 years.

“We have absolutely no idea where it’s going”, Goodman said. As of Thursday, there was only minor flooding and power and water were still running.

Even if it heads off to sea and doesn’t hit the East Coast, climatologist David Robinson said it would mean rough surf and erosion on the shore. However, it also indicates that it could move out over the Atlantic in a northerly direction, which would spare most of the US eastern seaboard. “The range of possible outcomes is still large and includes the possibility of a major hurricane landfall in the Carolinas”, the center said. There is a lot that can change, but for now I am calling for a 60 percent chance of rain for gameday Saturday.

The National Hurricane Service’s current prediction, which is considered a low confidence forecast, has the storm coming toward New Jersey, Goodman said. The hurricane, now in the Bahamas, could threaten anywhere from North Carolina to Nova Scotia.

“Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km)”. “If your hurricane plans got a little dusty because of the light hurricane season, now is a good time to update them”.