A powerful nor’easter could strike New Jersey and New York this coming Sunday and Monday, lashing the coast with rough surf, coastal flooding, high winds, and heavy rains. How intense the storm becomes and how far inland the effects will be felt still need to be determined.
For the long term period over the weekend and into early next week for the Mid Atlantic, the main feature of interest will be the development of a potentially significant coastal storm near the North Carolina coast along a stalled frontal boundary. According to the National Weather Service, this storm is anticipated to strengthen and lift northward Sunday into early next week.
Computer model forecast guidance that meteorologists use to aid in their forecasting continues to vary in the exact evolution of the coastal storm from Saturday night through early next week…