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. A hurricane watch has been issued for Maui and waters around the Big Island, and a tropical storm warning has been issued for the Big Island.
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Whichever one becomes a named tropical storm first will become Hermine, while the other will be named Ian.
The National Hurricane Center’s current forecast track would take it into the Gulf of Mexico and ultimately making landfall in Florida to the north of the Tampa area by sometime on Thursday. Tropical storm conditions are possible there by Thursday, so Florida residents along the Gulf Coast need to continue to monitor this system.
ABC NewsTuesday is the primary day for impacts to be felt in coastal North Carolina from this system, and a tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Overlook to Oregon Inlet. A slow west-northwestward motion is expected to continue, and a turn toward the north-northwest is expected tonight, followed by a turn toward the north-northeast on Wednesday. Heavy rain totals with up to several inches are also possible along the portions of North Florida and the peninsula. Meteorologists thought by Tuesday it would become a Tropical Storm, but now it is looking like it won’t pick up the wind speed it needs to be classified that until Wednesday morning.
8 is a threat for the Outer Banks of North Carolina and is expected to spin toward the open Atlantic Ocean.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the depression had maximum sustained wind speeds of 35 miles per hour.
Forecasters warn that Jacksonville drivers could feel the ripples of a storm circulating in the Gulf of Mexico.
On Sunday, Gaston was clocking maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour winds.
In addition to the storms developing on the east coast, there are also concerns in Hawaii about Hurricane Madeline.
Swells from Hurricane Gaston far out in the Atlantic will reach the coast today.
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“And on the east side of that ridge, we’ll have a trough of low pressure going across the eastern part of the southeast USA and that will help to deflect the storm to the east toward the Florida Coast”.
