Big Sunday Storm: What To Expect In Herndon

A major East Coast storm is rapidly organizing Sunday and is expected to explode in intensity Sunday night, slamming the D.C. area and the Northeast United States with wind and damaging winds, according to reports.

The Capital Weather Gang reports that the storm is absorbing Tropical Storm Philippe in the Caribbean and could drop one to five inches of rain from Northern Virginia to Maine.

While we won't get the brunt of the storm in the D.C. area, it's still going to be a strong system in our area.

Expect rain to start intensifying as we get deeper in the afternoon and into the evening on Sunday, and then the wind is going to come. Wind advisories have been issued for the northern Mid-Atlantic states, and we could get wind gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour Sunday night. In the Northeast, wind gusts could get up to 65 miles per hour near the coast.

As a result, power outages are possible, and you should exercise care if you plan on traveling Sunday night.

The rain will begin to taper off overnight in our area. Models predict between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain in the D.C. area.

You won't notice much wind Sunday afternoon, but once the evening rolls around, the wind gusts will intensify. The worst of the wind should be between 8 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday, CWG forecasts.

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