This is the system formally known as disturbance 99L that has given forecasters a really hard time.
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8 formed on Sunday in the Atlantic, packing winds of 35 MPH and moving west at 9 miles per hour. Thankfully, that will be moving way out into the Atlantic and away from the East Coast.
Tropical depression nine will likely have more of an impact on the USA, making landfall in northern Florida late on Thursday as a tropical storm. This system formed earlier today between Bermuda and the Outer Banks.
Tropical Depression #8 forms ~405 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras! “This system will drift to the west, northwest through Tuesday, while likely strengthening into a tropical storm”.
The name of this expected tropical storm is unclear for the time being.
A tropical system that had been meandering across the Caribbean last week is now gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico and preparing to dump heavy rains and produce tropical storm-force winds across the Tampa Bay area later this week.
Thousands of vacationers are flocking to the Outer Banks for Labor Day weekend, but evacuations are not anticipated.
RAIN: Locally heavy rain is possible. The storm is not expected to pose a threat for the continental United States.
Conditions only remain marginal for intensification in the near term as wind shear is still an issue in the area of the storm. NC-12 is notorious for flooding, so check with NCDOT for updates and closures. It’s maximum sustained winds Monday morning were near 35 miles per hour (55 kph) with slow strengthening forecast during the next two days. Even though there will be a northeast breeze, there is no threat for any tidal flooding – even in Hampton Roads.
“There’s a higher risk of rain and storms as the week continues”, Campos said. The forecast for Lester takes this system westward over the eastern Pacific.
As this low creeps toward the Coastal Bend on Monday, clouds will be on the increase, and there will be a few isolated showers scattered across the region. The minimum central pressure reported by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter is 1011 millibars. The other will be called Ian.
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This makes landfall of a tropical storm possible as early as Thursday night or Friday morning.
