How close will Sandy get?

(WWLP) - Right now, Hurricane Sandy is a Category 2 storm moving through the Caribbean. She brought high winds and heavy rain to Jamaica, and now eastern Cuba and the Bahamas are in her path.

Photos: Hurricane Sandy

What happens next, however, remains unclear. There are three possible scenarios for Sandy's approach, and two of them could impact New England.

The European model suggests Sandy will track mostly northward along the Atlantic coast and make landfall somewhere near Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, or New Jersey, hooking inland toward Pennsylvania. This could have an impact on western Massachusetts, but the effects would not be as severe as a direct hit.

That is the second scenario, suggested by some other forecast models, which has Sandy tracking to the northeast, and then making a turn toward New England. In this scenario, we could see the heaviest rain and the most damaging winds. The effects would be the worst in coastal areas of New England, with beach erosion and coastal flooding.

The third scenario has Sandy continuing to track out to sea, sparing our region, though fewer models have been presenting this scenario lately.

22News Storm Team Meteorologist Ashley Baylor has written more about Sandy's approach in her blog.

Things can certainly change over the next five days, so stay with 22News and WWLP.com for all the latest updates.