Hurricane Earl was upgraded to a Category 4 storm last night, but forecasters are still unsure what kind of impact the storm will have on New England.
According to the National Weather Service, Earl’s maximum sustained winds surged to 135 miles per hour yesterday as it was about 100 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Kevin Cadima, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Taunton, said the storm is moving north-northwest and is expected to be somewhere west of the Bahamas by early today.
A hurricane is considered to be Category 4 when it has maximum sustained winds between 131 and 155 miles per hour.
If Earl stays on its current course, by Friday it is expected to be about 150 miles southeast of Nantucket, Cadima said, but he cautioned that the projected track of the hurricane can vary widely and said much could change between now and then.
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