Heads up Gulf Coast Freepers...
NHC has this storm ramping up to hurricane status within 72 hours, then taking a hard right northward toward the Gulf of Mexico.
I was just going to post that she's coming in too low.
Over here...maybe.
So who's next? Vince was the last one, wasn't he?
I guess this will be WIIILLLMMMAAA!!
The heavy rain in Central America that caused the loss of at least one village and the rain in the Northeast may have been the tail ends of tropical depressions. We notice the hurricanes, but these things don't just go away. Sometimes they rain out far from the sea.
Heads up Gulf Coast Freepers...
NHC has this storm ramping up to hurricane status within 72 hours, then taking a hard right northward toward the Gulf of Mexico.
FYI...
Nooooooooooooooooo! Key West better not get destroyed! I'm flying to Ft Lauderdale in 4 weeks then driving down to Key West for a nice, relaxing week off. Worst case scenario, I can stay in FLL or Miami, instead.
FINALLY, we get some good sleeping weather and yet another tropical system pops-up.
Guess it'll swing north once this cold front sweeps through.
Thre more and the have to start names over with 'A' again. Has that ever happened before?
...Depression moving very slowly and not yet any stronger...
a Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch remain in effect for the Cayman Islands.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
At 8 PM EDT...0000z...the center of Tropical Depression Twenty-four was located near latitude 17.7 north... longitude 79.7 west or about 150 miles... 245 km... southeast of Grand Cayman.
The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 2 mph... 4 km/hr... and this motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. However... steering currents remain weak and some erratic motion is possible during the next day or two.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph... 55 km/hr... with higher gusts. The depression is expected to become a tropical storm during the next 24 hours. If it does so... it will tie the record of 21 named storms set in 1933.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1001 mb...29.56 inches. NOAA buoy 42057... located about 65 miles west of the circulation center... recently reported a pressure of 1004 mb.
The depression is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 4 to 6 inches over the Cayman Islands and Jamaica... with isolated amounts of 8 to 12 inches possible.
Repeating the 8 PM EDT position...17.7 N... 79.7 W. Movement toward...west-northwest near 2 mph. Maximum sustained winds... 35 mph. Minimum central pressure...1001 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 11 PM EDT.
Forecaster Knabb
Look out Tampa Bay!