East Coast, My Thoughts Are With You

Based on the current forecasts, Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine is a storm without a good historical comparison. Originally Hermine was once a tropical cyclone that made landfall in Florida, but that seems like ages ago. It has now transitioned to its post-tropical stage after moving northeast across land, off the coast of North Carolina, where it’s…

via We Haven’t Seen Many Storms Like Hermine — Features – FiveThirtyEight

But before we get to how weird and rare of a storm Hermine is, let’s highlight its forecast. Hermine won’t be as big or as powerful as 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, but its impact might be worse for some communities for a simple reason: It’s supposed to spend most of a week in roughly the same spot, just off the Mid-Atlantic coast.

It sounds like a rough holiday weekend for the East Coast.