Visible Satellite Image of Earl 9/2/10 a.m.
There are three landfall possibilities for “Earl”, the outer banks of North Carolina, Cape Cod and Maine.
If Earl interacts with the approaching front and upper low in the right way, Maine may be the best shot at a U.S. landfall although as a much weaker tropical storm verging on extratropical low if it does.
Category four Earl has made a turn overnight and is moving more northward. It has strengthened to sustained winds of 145 mph. This storm will affect the outer banks of North Carolina later tonight and hurricane warnings are in effect for this region.
As this storm continues north, it will encounter cooler ocean water and deeper wind shear, both of which tend to weaken hurricanes
The upper level winds should begin to grab Earl and send it northeast on Friday. This would exclude much of the east coast from the eye but of course the wind, rain and high surf will be a threat from the Carolina’s northward during Earl’s trek.
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