Sandy strengthened into the 10th hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season on Wednesday.
Thursday into Friday, Sandy will begin to affect the Southeast U.S. coast. The system's wind field is expected to be large, and will lead to high surf, rip currents, gusty winds and rain along parts of the Southeast U.S. coast into the weekend. Eventually, the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic could see significant impacts from Sandy by early next week.
Tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued for portions of southeastern Florida.
n the near-term, the hurricane will move northward from Jamaica to eastern Cuba Wednesday night into early Thursday.
In addition to strong winds near Sandy's circulation center, heavy rainfall will also be a major threat, particularly to the north and east of the center of circulation. This includes Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, eastern Cuba, and the Bahamas. Numerous watches and warnings have been issued for these islands.
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