Tropical depression number 9. Last week it was invest 99l. An area of high pressure. Most of the models agree there will be some northeasterly turn here. You can see the line right there. This line right here gives you a rough idea as to when the timing would be for this. Thats with 60 mile per hour winds which is better for us in terms of strength because the Southern Side would be where the ster potential coastal flooding and moisture being brought in. Thats the concern. Couple of other things. Tropical depression 8 could become a Tropical Storm for the carolinas. Gaston is a hurricane but not e effecting us at all. Lot of wind sheer and dry air that blanks space to the northwest of the sewn ter of the System Center of the Hurricane Hunter aircraft flying out of the air force base in tampa still out there. 41 mile per hour wind gusts so far. Could strengthen into a Tropical Storm sometime tomorrow. Well continue to watch that closely, guys. Theres steve and well have an update in 15
Tracking the tropics. A depression to the south now. Its pretty unpredictable. Still a chance it could come this way. Im russell rhodes. Laura and im laura moody. Its a busy morning. With start with lindsay. Shes tracking the tropical system. Whats the latest . What do we call it . Lindsay its a tropical depression, meaning its on its way to becoming a Tropical Storm. Which name it gets is kind of up in the air because we have two depressions thi the other approaching the carolinas early this week. If youre curious, its either going to be hermine or ian. This tropical depression is so close to cuba that its more over land than water and thats what Hurricane Hunters are finding this morning. Notice the flow around the low and as that green, the rain fills into southeast florida, thats a sign our atmosphere gives us a 60 rain chance today. Information. Theyre out there, getting stats on how this system is doing and where it may be headed today. Theyre on the way back right now but this i
Strong, in upper levelsf atmosphere all out of a northerly direction which actually displaced a lot of strong convection overland. The actually center is out over water. Now as we go through the say next 12 to 24 hours, it looks like that wind sheer will start to lessen with as it works its way out over into the middle of the gulf of mexico. Which should allow this system to basically gain more strength and organize itself better. You can see strong convection the Actual Center is locate right in this area here. So were s that thunderstorm activity kind of regrouping around the center of this system. Now the Hurricane Hunter was out there early this morning flying in the system. They did not find Tropical Storm force winds. It was still maintained as a tropical depression. Heres the latest coordinates 23. 6 north. 84 west top winds right now at 35 miles an hour. Its moving to the west at 7 miles an hour. But as i said, its going to work its way into the middle of so by late tonight, in
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