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Will Hurricane Sam hit Florida? Here’s the latest forecast

David Schutz, assistant managing editor at the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
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Hurricane Sam’s forecast track is still too distant to know if it will impact Florida. But the storm is moving west toward the Caribbean Sea and is forecast to strengthen to close to Category 4 status.

The projected path shows Sam close to the eastern edge of the Caribbean on Wednesday afternoon as it turns toward the northwest. From there, it’s too soon to say for sure where the storm will go, but forecast models have Sam turning north away from the U.S. coast.

Here’s the latest forecast path, including the so-called “spaghetti models,” which show the paths predicted by the various forecast models:

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