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Tropical rainstorm to bring downpours to parts of the Caribbean this weekend
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7/31/2024
From Puerto Rico to Miami, a tropical rainstorm will bring soaking rain in the days ahead.
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A tropical rainstorm, which was a tropical wave that had been battling some dry air,
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that has been moving to the west across a big chunk of the northeastern Caribbean, and
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now it's moving through an area real close to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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So if we take the graphics full, you can see that this tropical wave is moving to the west,
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and as we watch this move over an area around Hispaniola, we'll have to closely watch how
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it may interact with those landmasses.
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There are some big mountains on these landmasses, but it's much more robust than it was yesterday
00:31
at this time, as it was really battling some severely dry air.
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At this point, we're dealing with it moving west and west-northwest.
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Still some moderately dry air around it.
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Wind shear is also moderate, keeping it in check, but overall it is a stronger system
00:46
than it was 24 hours ago, and we're calling it a tropical rainstorm because it is bringing
00:50
some significant downpours.
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This wind shear map shows in the deeper purples to the north of its location, and also over
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the central Caribbean.
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There is stronger wind shear in those areas that would work to keep it disheveled, but
01:00
again, its main obstacle has been dry air and some land interaction now as we move real
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close to Hispaniola.
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If it stays just north of the islands, it'll have the best chance to organize.
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We'll have to keep a close eye on this.
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This weekend into early next week, near Florida or the southeast coast, conceivably even east
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of Florida.
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There's also a chance it could stay south of Florida.
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Here's one model depiction that shows this mass of showers and storms moving west right
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over the islands, and that solution would keep it a little bit more disheveled, but
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there will be downpours through Cuba and into the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos, and south
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Florida through Saturday.
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