1. A NORTHBOUND HURRICANE Hurricane Sandy is moving very slowly
toward the north-northeast and is expected to continue its
current path parallel to the Carolinas over the weekend,
forecasters say. At some point, it’s expected to become what’s
known as an extratropical storm. Unlike a tropical system like a
hurricane, which gets its power from warm ocean waters,
extratropical systems are driven by temperature contrasts in the
atmosphere. At some point, probably Monday, Sandy will begin to
turn back toward the coast and eventually make landfall over
Delaware or New Jersey. Although Sandy is currently a hurricane,
it’s important not to focus too much on its official category or
its precise path. It’s a massive system that will affect a huge
swath of the East Coast, regardless of exactly where it hits or
its precise wind speed. 2. EARLY WINTER STORM Sandy is expected
to merge with a wintry system from the west, at which point it
will become the powerful superstorm that has forecasters and
officials all along the