Hurricane Henri: What to know as rare cyclone heads north

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NEW YORK – Here's everything to cognize astir this weekend's upwind that's tropical successful name, but acold from its titular home:

HUH, A HURRICANE IS HITTING NEW ENGLAND?

Maybe! Rare tropical upwind is making its mode up disconnected the Atlantic coast of the U.S., destined for New York and New England — 2 regions that don't often play big to tropical systems.

WHAT AREAS IS THE STORM SUPPOSED TO AFFECT?

Right now, it’s looking similar New York’s Long Island and confederate New England — peculiarly Connecticut. If it makes landfall successful New York, that would beryllium the archetypal clip the state’s sustained a nonstop deed during a hurricane play since 2012′s Superstorm Sandy — the effects of which are inactive plaguing New York. Either way, it's expected to marque landfall Sunday, but effects could beryllium felt arsenic soon arsenic Saturday.

WHO IS HENRI? WHO IS BOB? WHO IS GLORIA?

A stormy trio. Henri strengthened into a hurricane Saturday greeting — and volition possibly go New England's archetypal successful 30 years. Bob was its predecessor, liable for the deaths of 17 and $1.5 cardinal successful harm successful August 1991. But with Connecticut successful Henri's sights, immoderate mightiness amended retrieve Gloria — the September 1985 hurricane made landfall connected some Long Island and Connecticut and caused 8 deaths and astir $1 cardinal successful damage.

JE M'APPELLE HENRI — WHY DO I SHARE A NAME WITH A HURRICANE?

These storms person quality names courtesy the World Meteorological Association, which draws up a database of 21 names for each Atlantic hurricane season.

SO WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR AN HENRI (OR BOB OR GLORIA)?

There are 2 ingredients needed for a tempest to way this acold up north: a tropical strategy itself and steering currents. Most tropical systems successful the bluish hemisphere tally retired oregon recur earlier they tin marque their mode north, according to the National Weather Service.

OK, SO THIS IS PRETTY RARE. IS HENRI'S PATH CONNECTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE?

No, possibly surprisingly. It's conscionable a tropical upwind phenomenon, the National Weather Service says. We shouldn't needfully expect to spot much predominant New England tropical storms.

WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR HENRI?

This isn't New England oregon New York's archetypal rodeo with upwind writ large. After all, a nor'easter is conscionable a hurricane with a Boston accent. It's not excessively antithetic successful the Long Island dialect either. So, the accustomed protocols apply: Get boats retired of the water, state up cars, banal the pantry and batten down the hatches. Be prepared for powerfulness outages, too.

WE'RE IN THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST — ARE THERE STILL TOURISTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST?

Oh, yes. School is backmost successful league successful parts of the eastbound coast, but determination are inactive thousands of tourists enjoying the beaches of Cape Cod, the Hamptons and elsewhere.

IS HENRI A FAST- OR SLOW-MOVING STORM?

Henri isn't winning immoderate races. Its dilatory churn could beryllium a bully thing, expanding the accidental it volition falter quickly. But it could besides mean a batch of concentrated rain, which translates to flooding.

WAIT, WAS HURRICANE BOB THE SAME AS ‘THE PERFECT STORM’?

Nope, though some storms were successful 1991. The alleged “perfect storm” — besides known arsenic the Halloween Storm — deed New England astir 2 months later. It started arsenic a nor'easter, successful which signifier it inflicted the astir damage. A hurricane yet formed astatine its halfway — but it purposely went unnamed, due to the fact that meteorologists disquieted it would beryllium distracting.

SAY IT HAD BEEN NAMED, WHAT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS?

Henri.

SERIOUSLY?

Yep! Atlantic hurricane names are recycled each six years, unless they're retired retired of notoriety — we're ne'er going to spot different hurricane named Katrina, oregon adjacent Bob, again. And the “H” sanction — Henri successful 1991 — was adjacent connected the database erstwhile the tempest struck.

SO THAT MOVIE ISN'T ABOUT BOB?

Correct. “The Perfect Storm" was a 2000 movie starring George Clooney and New England's ain Mark Wahlberg, based connected a publication of the aforesaid sanction by Sebastian Junger. We're getting a small off-topic, here, though.

OK. YOU SAID HENRI IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FIRST HURRICANE TO HIT NEW ENGLAND IN 30 YEARS — BUT WHAT ABOUT IRENE?

Irene was so a hurricane, but by the clip it ravaged Vermont, it was technically a tropical storm.

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