Straight from Weather.com....
This weekend's brides are spared!!! No worries girls!!!!!!!
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 400 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2003
..TRI-STATE REGION EXPECTED TO ONLY BE BRUSHED BY HURRICANE ISABEL'S EFFECTS AS IT MAKES LANDFALL WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION...
HURRICANE ISABEL CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST... AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ISABEL IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON... AND EVENTUALLY INTO EASTERN CANADA BY SATURDAY. THUS... THE AREA IS ONLY EXPECTED TO FEEL SOME FRINGE EFFECTS FROM ISABEL LATER IN THE WEEK.
LONG PERIOD SWELLS WERE ALREADY AFFECTING THE WATERS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND... AND WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AS A RESULT... HIGH BREAKERS ALONG ATLANTIC FACING BEACHES HAVE CREATED DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF. AS THE HIGH SURF CONTINUES TO INCREASE... MINOR COASTAL FLOODING... BEACH EROSION AND WASH OVERS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY... ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS SEAS TOP OUT AROUND 20 FEET.
SHOWERS WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AS ISABEL MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF ISABEL MOVE OR DEVELOP... LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE LESS OF AN IMPACT DUE TO THE CURRENT TRACK... BUT GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY....
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 400 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2003
..TRI-STATE REGION EXPECTED TO ONLY BE BRUSHED BY HURRICANE ISABEL'S EFFECTS AS IT MAKES LANDFALL WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION...
HURRICANE ISABEL CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST... AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ISABEL IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON... AND EVENTUALLY INTO EASTERN CANADA BY SATURDAY. THUS... THE AREA IS ONLY EXPECTED TO FEEL SOME FRINGE EFFECTS FROM ISABEL LATER IN THE WEEK.
LONG PERIOD SWELLS WERE ALREADY AFFECTING THE WATERS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND... AND WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AS A RESULT... HIGH BREAKERS ALONG ATLANTIC FACING BEACHES HAVE CREATED DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF. AS THE HIGH SURF CONTINUES TO INCREASE... MINOR COASTAL FLOODING... BEACH EROSION AND WASH OVERS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY... ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS SEAS TOP OUT AROUND 20 FEET.
SHOWERS WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AS ISABEL MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF ISABEL MOVE OR DEVELOP... LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE LESS OF AN IMPACT DUE TO THE CURRENT TRACK... BUT GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY....
