Update: through Thursday and Friday, Earl was downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane, then 2, then 1, and eventually to a tropical storm. Still, Earl has reached winds of 70 mph and brought wind and rain in its path up the East Coast. Saturday's trajectory: Earl passes Massachusetts in the morning and continues to Nova Scotia, Canada -- see projected path.
Beach-goers who head to the shores after the storm need to watch out for dangerous rip currents and surf conditions.
Hurricane Earl threatens North Carolina's Outer Banks, a popular vacation area with award-winning beaches -- read more at About.com's Southeast US Travel site.
Earl will also affect weather in a much larger area, continuing up the coast. Some places may be severely affected; see a visual of Hurricane Earl's projected path at CNN.com, where a meteorologist notes the bad timing for Labor Day: "It's not going to be nice vacation weather anywhere from South Carolina up through Maine."
Every year, legions of families head to the beach for a final weekend over Labor Day, but this year they may face bad weather and dangerous currents and surf. Hurricane Earl is expected to reach North Carolina by Friday morning, and Cape Cod by Friday evening. Optimists hope the storm won't make landfall and will pass quickly, allowing some good days of weather afterward. But forecasters say that, even if Earl stays 80 miles off-shore, hurricane-force winds may still hit Cape Cod; such winds extend up to 90 miles from the center of the storm.
more about Outer Banks NC | more about hurricane season
*Photo of Ocracoke Island, courtesy of North Carolina Tourism.
Hurricane Earl threatens North Carolina's Outer Banks, a popular vacation area with award-winning beaches -- read more at About.com's Southeast US Travel site.
Earl will also affect weather in a much larger area, continuing up the coast. Some places may be severely affected; see a visual of Hurricane Earl's projected path at CNN.com, where a meteorologist notes the bad timing for Labor Day: "It's not going to be nice vacation weather anywhere from South Carolina up through Maine."
Every year, legions of families head to the beach for a final weekend over Labor Day, but this year they may face bad weather and dangerous currents and surf. Hurricane Earl is expected to reach North Carolina by Friday morning, and Cape Cod by Friday evening. Optimists hope the storm won't make landfall and will pass quickly, allowing some good days of weather afterward. But forecasters say that, even if Earl stays 80 miles off-shore, hurricane-force winds may still hit Cape Cod; such winds extend up to 90 miles from the center of the storm.
more about Outer Banks NC | more about hurricane season
*Photo of Ocracoke Island, courtesy of North Carolina Tourism.
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