Friday the storm track still takes it toward our area… bringing with it heavy rainfall… strong gusty winds… isolated tornadoes… heavy surf and the risk of coastal flooding. Ocean temperatures are warmer, there is ample moisture to work with and wind shear (which can tear storms apart) is at a low.
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Tropical Storm Hermine may impact the Baltimore area over the Labor Day weekend. In some cases, high winds due to microbursts (a storm collapsing in on itself over a small area) have been observed as well. Another notable change… it has started to move a bit… barely moving earlier today… but now movement is to the north/northeast around 7 miles per hour.
Tropical Storm Hermine had strengthened somewhat as it headed toward Florida’s Gulf coast, the National Hurricane Center reported Wednesday evening (Aug. 31).
Rip current warnings and red flags were in place along some Alabama and northwest Florida beaches, and a coastal flood advisory was in effect until 7 p.m. Friday.
Scattered t-storms are likely Wednesday afternoon. I promise you we’ll keep you posted!
The tropical storm warning covers an area from Anclote River to the Walton County-Bay County line. A watch means that hurricane/tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours.
As the storm pulls to the northeast it will once again rough up the seas and produce high surf & risky rip currents for our local beaches through the end of the week.
Unless we see another major shift in the forecast track, rain totals Friday could likely range from 4 to 6 inches in the central and southern Midlands with locally higher amounts possible. Ninety-six percent of major hurricane days occur during this time period.
There are no watches or warnings in effect for NEW ENGLAND. There is still a chance the storm misses entirely. The Hurricane Center says it also could become a hurricane by the time it makes landfall. A watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations hard or unsafe.
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Hawaii frequently has storms approach the islands but rarely deals with hurricane landfalls directly.
