JACKSONVILLE, Florida – The National Hurricane Center issues recommendations for a potential tropical cyclone 1.
Named tropical storm soon (next 24 hours).
This system is a storm at the beginning of the season and will be alone slowly increase strength.
The NHC predicts this system will turn into Tropical Storm Alex by noon on Friday. The expected song is exactly what we talked about live – a track in South Florida, near Lake Okeechobee and then in the Atlantic.
This track will hold most of the torrential rains and bumps far away from Jacksonville.
Central and South Florida can see up to 8 inches of rain in some neighborhoods and heavy gusts of rain until late Friday and Saturday.
Alex will be a severely cut system with much of the worst weather away from the center of the storm. Therefore, when tracking the storm, do not look at the center of the storm to note where the worst of the bad weather is.
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TRACKING THE TROPICS: Interactive map | Last from NHC
Here’s the 10 a.m. tip:
At 10 a.m. the CDT disturbance was concentrated near 22.3 north latitude and 86.8 west longitude. The system is moving northeast near 5 mph (7 km / h) and this general movement is expected to continue with an increase in forward speed, starting later today. According to the forecast, the system should move through the southeastern Gulf of Mexico by tonight, through the southern and central parts of the Florida peninsula on Saturday, and then over the southwest Atlantic north of the northwestern Bahamas from Saturday afternoon to Sunday.
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Maximum steady winds are close to 40 mph (65 km / h) with higher gusts. The system is expected to develop a well-defined center and turn into a tropical storm later today, and a slight increase is possible as it approaches Florida tonight and tonight. Further strengthening is possible once the system moves east of Florida over the western Atlantic late Saturday and Sunday.
* chance of formation in 48 hours … high … 90 percent.
* chance of formation in 5 days … high … 90 percent.
Tropical storm winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) from the center.
The calculated minimum center pressure, based on data from the Hurricane Hunter aircraft, is 1002 mb (29.59 inches).
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