There are now two tropical depressions churning in the Atlantic Basin. Storms become hurricanes at 74 miles per hour. It will likely get the name Hermine (assuming TD 8 doesn’t’ strengthen first off the North Carolina Coast).
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It was designated a tropical depression Sunday after a Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance mission finally found a sufficiently organized low-pressure center with collocated shower and thunderstorm activity.
While this level of activity is extreme, it’s not unusual that it’s happening at this time of year.
The forecast track has been shifting back and forth but “if that track holds true we could be issuing tropical storm watches and warnings” as the storm nears, said meteorologist Emily Timte, National Weather Service, Charleston.
That storm’s maximum sustained winds remain near 35 miles per hour Tuesday morning but forecasters say it could also become a tropical storm later in the day.
On North Carolina’s Outer Banks, business owner Jennifer Scarborough said her biggest concern was that the first storm could saturate the area before another blow by the second storm. This general motion is expected tonight with a turn toward the northeast forecast on Wednesday.
Gusty winds may impact the Outer Banks, as well. The storm is bringing a lot of rain across western sections of Cuba.
Flooding, storm surge, fierce winds and tornadoes were all threats to the region, which could begin feeling the storm late on Wednesday, Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a statement.
Another tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico could hit northern Florida as a tropical storm later in the week and possibly head toward the Atlantic coast, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
The system is now traveling north and is expected to turn to the northeast later tonight and curve back out into the Atlantic, away from the US coastline. “So people need to prepare”.
Areas north of Tampa, from the Anclote River to Indian Pass, are under a hurricane watch.
Very little rain expected through Wednesday while we await a weak cold front on Thursday. Forecasters have said it’s not expected to surpass tropical-storm strength. That will keep the heaviest rain and strongest winds over the Atlantic.
Rough surf and rip currents are expected.
Heavy rainfall and storms would accompany the winds.
Although this is a powerful hurricane, it is located over 1,000 miles away from Philadelphia and will remain out at sea.
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Madeline, with winds of 120 miles per hour, is expected to pass very close to Hawaii’s Big Island by Wednesday.
