Earl Will Leave Scars Along the East Coast

Hurricane Earl's eye filled in a little overnight but it is still steaming along at about 30N 75W with winds of 145 mph. Earl will start affecting the Outer Banks around noon EDT, wind gusts will increase to 90 mph on the islands, and rainfall will be 3 to 6 inches. The storm will be over for North Carolia around 6am Friday. The impact farther west will be not be great. Offshore, the storm has been around enough that swells are easily 60 feet.

Earl continues north tomorrow impacting the Delmarva peninsula until 6pm. Winds will be gusting to 80 mph and rainfall may reach 12 inches in as many hours. Long Island will feel the impact by 2pm Friday and then it will hit CT, MA and RI shortly thereafter. 10 inches of rain and wind gusts to 65 mph will be likely, except higher wind gusts will be felt on the east end of Long Island and Cape Cod. The rain spreads across New Hampshire and Maine Friday night with the highest winds along the coast of Maine.Beach erosion will likely be a huge problem with Earl. The wave action is going to be tremendous.
More on the rest of the U.S. later.

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