On its present course, Hermine is expected to make landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Thursday afternoon before crossing the state and heading into the southern portion of Georgia and onto SC.
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Hurricane watches, tropical storm watches and tropical storm warnings have been issued for northern Florida communities.
Tropical storm winds are extending outward about 125 miles, “mainly to the east and southeast”, according to the center.
It will then move ashore into southeastern Georgia and the Carolinas.
Emergency management agencies throughout our coverage area are preparing Wednesday night for Tropical Storm Hermine, and they want you and your family to do the same. So if the maximum sustain winds are at 60 miles per hour, we add the forward speed and it can increase the winds to category one hurricane winds, especially along the right side of the storm (with direction).
The system is expected to become Tropical Storm Hermine by early Wednesday.
Jessie Smith, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Melbourne, said the biggest threats to Central Florida will be gusty winds and heavy rain.
Tropical Depression Nine was upgraded to Tropical Storm Hermine Wednesday afternoon.
With the storm’s approach, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said he will declare a state of emergency Thursday afternoon.
The site also has a link to the most current “situation report”, a press release with the most up-to-the hour information regarding the storm and its effects on St. Augustine and St. Johns County.
Meanwhile, the list of cancellations is growing in advance of the storm’s arrival in Northeast Florida.
Tropical Storm Hermine has strengthened a bit in the Gulf Of Mexico.
Eastern advisory on Tuesday, the tropical depression was 345 miles west of Key West, Florida.
Isolated tornadoes are also possible in central Florida Wednesday night and into Thursday. Ninety-six percent of major hurricane days occur during this time period. Destin receives gas from multiple offshore platforms and from the Okeanos Gas Gathering System, moving north to the processing plant at Pascagoula, MS.
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A slow stream of cars is heading north on the main highway off Hatteras Island in North Carolina as crowds of visitors thin ahead of the approach of a tropical weather system. Officials say it’s expected to become a tropical storm in coming hours but not grow any stronger.
