[lightman]

AQ isn't the only enemy to worry about as September 11 aproaches. Lookee here:

If this storm becomes hurricane or even just T.S. Maria, and if it follows the more southerly path of the "cone" on the map that would place it in the NYC area at next weekend: September 10 - 11.

[conservativebabe]

Now if THAT happens, I might actually start believing the End Times stuff!

[oceanview]

that will go out to sea, curving north way too early.

[Alberta's Child]

I wouldn't worry too much about that. That storm is so far to the east that the odds of it reaching New York are probably less than 1%. Hurricanes that track up along the east coast of the U.S. almost always follow that same northwest-turning-to-the-north trajectory, since the prevailing weather system in the Northeastern U.S. this time of year is a southeastward flow of cooler air out of the Great Lakes region (folks in New York got the first taste of that a few weeks ago when that last major heat wave broke, and we had a couple of nights that were downright chilly for the summer time).

Every hurricane that I've experienced in New York has followed a very similar directional track to the one shown there, but it started much further to the west and would be preparing to sweep across the Outer Banks of North Carolina at the point where it says "8 PM Tue" at the north end.

[Revel]

That one does not look too threatening to the US at this point.

[supercat]

How could Tropical Storm 14 become "Maria"? Given that this is an odd year, wouldn't the 14th Atlantic storm be a male name starting with "N"?