Chances Increasing Earl Could Hit U.S.

In a brief update to an earlier post, MSNBC is reporting Hurricane Earl seems “to have turned toward the U.S. coast . . . with concern growing that New England could receive a direct hit later in the week.”   According to NBC meteorologist Bill Karins:  At this point, 75 percent of weather computers keep Earl off the East [...]

Keeping an Eye on Earl

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center and elsewhere in the U.S. are closely monitoring Hurricane Earl, which today was upgraded to a Category 3 storm with winds of  111 mph or more. The predicted track at this point suggests the storm will likely remain offshore as it skirts up the east coast, probably approaching the Carolinas by Friday.  But there’s [...]