Instead of asking if it will hit 80 degrees again before March 2027, we should be asking "Is there a month between now and March 2027 where it won't hit 80 degrees?"
I think this gets up to a major before it gets closer to the coast. The gulf has so much heat in it... just jet fuel for it. And if it slows down at all?
Looking at the 270 hour EURO, I see we might do another Nor'Easter with pressures in the 980s. Right now, with 11 days to go, it shows landfall on Rhode Island. Could be nothing. Could be something. Who knows? Something new to track.
Expected when? And by whom? As late as Wednesday, the NWS was calling this a nuisance storm. The GFS had this bombing out and hitting Maine. It wasn't until late thursday/early Friday that the idea of this hitting the NJ coast came.