This will continue through the rest of August, which is tomorrow.
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Today: Sun & Clouds, Scattered Showers/Storms (30%), Windy. Dew points vary across the state with low 70s in the west, and lower 60s in the east. This is creating showers and thunderstorms throughout the Western Caribbean area.
In Florida, a stretch of the state from Sarasota to near Panama City is in the cone of tropical depression nine. “It’s still fighting wind shear and there is a large area of dry air to its north, but it will soon be over very warm water with less shear”. This week, Canadian high pressure will be settling in, bringing several days of comfortable weather with sunshine. This upper-level trough is why tropical depression 9 will have no direct impact on Alabama. Lester was upgraded to a category 3 hurricane over the past 24 hours, with maximum wind speeds at 125 mph (110 kts).
As of 4 p.m. Monday Gaston is located at 31.2 north, 55.2 west; this is about 600 miles east of Bermuda. The storm should move into the Gulf and could strengthen into a name storm. Forecasters expect it to turn northeast before turning east-northeast.
At 5 pm ET, a Tropical Storm Warning was issued in connection with Tropical Depression Eight from Cape Lookout, NC to Oregon Inlet, NC, and includes Pamlico Sound.
Maximum sustained winds were also at 35 miles per hour with higher gusts. Officials say it’s expected to become a tropical storm by Tuesday but not grow any stronger. The tropical depression has been moving toward the west and northwest at 8-10 miles per hour.
Forecasters are monitoring a pair of tropical depressions – one in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Carolinas, another in the Gulf of Mexico.
The two systems, still unnamed tropical depressions, were expected to strengthen into tropical storms by Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. Landfall as a tropical storm Thursday in the Big Bend area of Florida is still expected. The main issue with the system is rain for the Florida Peninsula, and unsafe surf/rip tides.
“There’s a higher risk of rain and storms as the week continues”, Campos said.
Regardless of strengthening, TD 9 is expected to bring heavy rain to South Florida. Isolated maximum amounts of 7 inches are possible over coastal areas of southern Florida and the Keys.
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The system is now chugging north at 6 miles per hour. There is, however, a lot of uncertainty with this storm system.
