Strong coastal storm set to slam the East Coast from Sunday into Monday
Source: The Washington Post
By Greg Porter October 28 at 12:05 PM
A powerful storm is poised to wallop the East Coast, and it is beginning to take shape today.
Disturbed weather currently attempting to become a named tropical system near Florida will ultimately clash with a strong cold front set to reach the East Coast by Sunday morning. These ingredients combine to fuel the development of our giant ocean storm. Expected to be very intense, some of its impacts may be equivalent to a strong tropical storm or even a Category 1 hurricane.
Wind, heavy rain, flash flooding and power outages are all in play, especially along coastal areas from the Carolinas to Maine. Given the multifaceted threat over a large area, let’s take a look by region.
Mid-Atlantic
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A widespread one to two inches or so of rain is expected in the Mid-Atlantic. Showers move in tonight, slowly marching from west to east and then persisting into Sunday. We can’t rule out the possibility a thunderstorm, especially east of the Interstate 95 corridor. A soaking rain overspreads the entire region during the afternoon, with the heaviest rainfall probably occurring between early afternoon and a few hours around midnight.
A long duration of strong wind speeds will increase the possibility of power outages, downed trees and other minor damage throughout the Mid-Atlantic, including the D.C. area.
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Northeast and New England
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/10/28/strong-coastal-storm-set-to-slam-the-east-coast-from-sunday-into-monday
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our Kindles when Irma's "remnants" took power down for over a week here. Only used them at night, of course, but when they ran out we went on a road trip. Came back when power was restored to find 3 trees down, but all on the road instead of the house, so okay. 
