The New York Times is reporting forecasters are saying there is a 90 percent certainty Hurrican Sandy will make landfall on the East Coast. But they also cautioned it was too early to say where the giant storm will strike or how intense its winds would be when it hit. The storm is currently moving northwest at a rate of 10 miles per hour.

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for east central New York, northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts and southern Vermont, Fri., Oct. 27 through Thurs., Nov. 1. NWS is warning a significant storm may impact our region with potentially heavy rain and strong or damaging winds sometime Monday through Wednesday. Flooding may be possible, depending on the eventual track of Hurricane Sandy.

The Columbia County Emergency Management Office reported on its Facebook page at 2:30 p.m., Fri., Oct. 27:

The good news is that it *appears* right now that this storm will track further south of us then [sic] thought yesterday at this time… however, the computer models spread is greater today than it was yesterday. If the storm follows the more southerly track experts currently believe it might, the result would be less rain and less wind for us… however, it does not mean we would enjoy a complete miss! This is a very large storm system… the risk of flooding, flash flooding, and damaging wind gusts may still exist for us here, even with a more southerly landfall. ...this remains a very uncertain situation that could change at any time. The New York State Emergency Operations Center has been activated and is being staffed. We will continue to post updates here as needed.

Information specific to Greene County was unavailable.

The WGXC newsroom will continue to track the storm through the weekend.