Despite a forecast that shows Hurricane Joaquin increasingly likely to miss the Atlantic coast of the U.S., several East Coast states are bracing for potentially unprecedented rainfall and life-threatening flooding as a complex weather pattern promises to deliver tropical downpours to an already soggy region.
Right through this weekend, deep tropical moisture from the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic will be involved in this soaking setup as a front stalls near the East Coast. This situation is serious with historic and potentially life-threatening rainfall possible in some locations, especially in parts of South and North Carolina.
Significant impacts are likely in portions of the East, regardless of how close Hurricane Joaquin tracks to the United States, due to the large-scale weather pattern taking shape. This will include flash flooding, river flooding, gusty winds, high surf, beach erosion and coastal flooding.
Source: http://www.wunderground.com/news/soaking-weather-pattern-east-flooding
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