A tropical storm watch has been issued for North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
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The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for Florida from Anclote River to Indian Pass.
A tropical storm warning was issued for areas of the coast from Cape Lookout to the Oregon Inlet along the Outer Banks.
On its current path, the system could make landfall on Florida’s north-central Gulf Coast on Thursday, bringing storms into Georgia and the eastern Carolinas on its way to the Atlantic Ocean. The hurricane center expected it would strengthen into a tropical storm on Tuesday.
As the storm approaches landfall, it’s likely that much of the impacts from it will be to the east and northeast of the low pressure center. Highs should be in the upper 80s. There is higher pressure in the upper levels over the storm (which is good for the storm), but it’s not good enough.
“This wind pattern will help drag in tropical moisture off the Atlantic and over the viewing area”, Campos said.
Both tropical depressions are forecast to become tropical storms before they reach land within the next few days. “If this occurs, a southward shift in the predicted track of [the tropical depression] may be required”. If we can’t determine a final destination, we can’t determine the exact hazards (e.g. heavy rainfall).
“Satellite images indicate that the depression remains disorganized”.
For now, our extended forecast shows rain chances increasing starting Wednesday and ramping up Thursday (80 percent).
Daily showers and storms stay in the forecast for the rest of the week.
Governor Scott will hold a briefing on Tropical Depression 9 in several towns across the state tomorrow including Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Gainesville and Southport. It is now heading west and could move just north of Hawaii on Saturday morning.
NEVER drive through flooded roadways as road beds may be washed out under flood waters, and just one foot of fast-moving flood water can move most cars off the road.
“In addition to the heavy rain and flooding threat, increased wind shear within the atmosphere will bring an increased risk of tornadoes during late Wednesday through Thursday”, forecasters wrote in Tuesday morning’s Hazardous Weather Outlook report for Tampa Bay.
NWS expects the new track to have more significant impacts for southeast SC and southeast Georgia, especially over the coastal counties. Numerous model tracks have TD 9 in this range. Count in us here at KPLC to keep you posted on this and all things weather which may impact our area. It’s predicted to be up near New England Saturday and Sunday.
Aside from the heavy rain and occasional lightning, gusty winds in some squalls could reach 35-40 miles per hour. Odds of it becoming a tropical cyclone are 40 percent within the next five days.
Hurricane Center in Miami expected the unnamed depression to strengthen into a tropical storm on Tuesday. The storm also had a flare-up of convection during the day – mainly on its east side. It was moving west-northwest at 5 miles per hour and packing maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. Wind gusts as high as 28 miles per hour are possible on Wednesday and 30 miles per hour on Thursday. As mentioned before, this will greatly depend on the storm’s intensity. That track could move the storm closer to the low-lying Tampa area where storm surge and flooding become a bigger danger. This could swing the storm towards Florida.
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If Madeline makes landfall on the Big Island, it would be the first hurricane to strike the island since records started in 1949. Here is the projected path of this storm: HURRICANE GASTONThis hurricane is far from the US coast and is tracking east-northeast. The cone of error is really wide, and we have a few days to see what happens with it. Meteorologist Brittany Bedi will have updates on the storm Sunday night on Eyewitness News at 11.
