Forecast predicts Hurricane Joaquin will charge up Chesapeake Bay

Baltimore Sun ^ | 9/30/15 | Scott Dance

[markomalley]

The center of Hurricane Joaquin could be churning up the Chesapeake Bay come Monday morning, bringing flooding rains and storm surge with it.

The storm — which was upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane Wednesday morning — is still about 200 miles east of the Bahamas, but is expected to strengthen and shift northward soon, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Joaquin is expected to make a right turn and speed up the Eastern Seaboard starting Friday, before crossing the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Sunday and heading up the Chesapeake on Monday.

While forecasts are tenuous several days out, a significant impact to Maryland is appearing increasingly likely. At least one key forecasting model continues to predict the storm will stay far from shore, though.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Praise the Lord!

[KC_Conspirator]

I heard the local ABC news radio liberal say that hurricanes this late in the season were “unusual” and “not normal”. I thought to myself, that’s a real dumb statement, like saying snow in January and February was unusual. Then it hit me - he was prepping for his already written “hurricanes caused by climate change” stories.