Forecasters expect it to become a tropical storm later Tuesday and make a turn to the northeast toward Florida the next day. Authorities at some locations in the Tampa-St.
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Forecasters warned the system could dump five to 10 inches (13 to 25 cm) of rain over much of Florida by Friday, and some areas could be pounded by up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain.
Hurricane Gaston is 630 miles east of Bermuda and moving NE at 6 mph.
The storm was expected to turn more to the northeast and head out into the Atlantic after brushing North Carolina today.
Visitor Katherine Vega, 45, of Springhill, Tennessee, said she could handle a day indoors during her vacation.
Her plan Tuesday? To watch movies with her husband while the storm blows through.
“Right now we’re thinking this will mostly be a big rain producer for the northwest and northern part of the peninsula”, said Dan Kottlowski, hurricane expert with the Pennsylvania-based AccuWeather.
“We’re also looking for tides to be 1 to 3 feet above normal and some coastal flooding”, said Fleming, who didn’t want to compare the coming system to Colin. Tropical Depression Nine is just south of Florida.
(RNN) – The National Hurricane Center is predicting Tropical Depression 9 will become a tropical storm on Tuesday. A tropical depression becomes a tropical storm when its wind speed reaches 39 miles per hour. Its forecast track shows its center will be near North Carolina’s Outer Banks by Tuesday afternoon or in the evening.
Tropical storm conditions could be possible later this afternoon in the warning area. He became the first major hurricane of the season with winds as high as 120 miles per hour.
The depression is expected to move away from the Florida Keys and into the Gulf of Mexico overnight. If tropical depression nine gains tropical storm status it would be Hermine or Ian, depending on if it does so before tropical depression eight, which is off the coast of North Carolina. TD 8 is centered about 85 miles SSE of Cape Hatteras and moving NNW at 5 mph.
The center of the storm is expected to pass offshore of the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Tuesday.
This year’s hurricane season is expected to be the worst since 2012, when the East Coast was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.
No watches or warnings were issued with Gaston, and it is not expected to impact land.
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