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Sep 4, 2008 1:16 pm US/Eastern
Hanna's Remains To Hit New England
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
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Tropical storm Hanna's location as of Thursday afternoon.
WBZ
Hurricane season has kicked into high gear. Right now there are three named systems in the Atlantic Ocean. One of them will soak southern New England this weekend.
Tropical storms
Hanna and
Josephine and
Hurricane Ike are moving in different directions and pose different problems. Josephine is not expected to cause much trouble, but the other two will.
Hanna has started to move north and is now located north of the Bahamas, closing in on the southeastern U.S., perhaps making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Wilmington, North Carolina Saturday. Wherever it hits could get as much as 10 inches of rain.
From there, Hanna should cruise up the eastern seaboard and throw tropical downpours and strong wind our way Saturday night and Sunday morning.
There will be two bursts of rainfall - the first early Saturday and the second late Saturday night into early Sunday morning.
The winds will be strongest on the South Coast and the Cape and Islands, hitting 25-to-45 mph Saturday night.
At the shore, there will be increasing swells Saturday. Seas will remain rough and choppy Sunday.
Hurricane Ike has strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm with winds around 145 mph. Ike will continue on a westward track and could barrel through the Bahamas late in the weekend.
Ike is the third major hurricane of the Atlantic season.
Our entire weather team will be tracking these systems. Check out our
forecasts and
blogs.
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