Southeast Coastal Storm Looms

May 15, 2009 at 11:25AM

A storm is likely to mature off the Southeast coast early next week. Itsmovement will be quite slow due to blocking high pressure to the north. Theresult could be a substantial amount of wind and rain to the entire coastlinefrom Cape Hatteras, N.C., to Jacksonville, Fla. With the type of pressuregradient showing up on the computer models next Tuesday and Wednesday, coastalwinds could easily reach 50 mph.This disturbance could also produce quite a bit of rain in central and SouthFlorida beginning on Sunday, coming primarily from pounding thunderstorms.

Story by AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.

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