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A tropical storm is likely to make landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast
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8/2/2024
The tropical rainstorm causing flooding in Puerto Rico right now is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm before hitting Florida this weekend.
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Right now let's head to Florida where we're dealing with heat and also
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thunderstorms at times for places like Orlando and come this weekend we're also
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going to see impacts from a developing tropical system. So off the bat here the
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current status of our tropical rainstorm is one that is producing some pretty
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deep convection over areas like southwestern Haiti. There are some areas
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with localized flooding and that's a problem at the center of the storm
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continues to cruise west and it's going to be moving through an area near Cuba
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and toward the Straits of Florida. Overall here's what radar would look
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like this is supplemented by some satellite data as well so areas around
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Haiti and also out near Punta Cana some locally heavy rain. We have seen some
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flooding reports into parts of Puerto Rico, eastern parts of Puerto Rico
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seeing some areas of flooding out there in recent hours especially earlier today.
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So let's take a look at the overall the tropical tracker showing that we're
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to be dealing with limited organization for the next 18 to 24 hours because of
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land interaction we've got some big islands there there are some mountains
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in eastern Cuba as well and there's still some relatively dry air that's in
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place but as this moves farther west it's going to enter a zone where there's
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a little bit more moisture out here and again the biggest obstacle of this storm
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had faced was dry air earlier in its life cycle. Now we're getting past that
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so how heavier showers and storms will be a big concern and likelihood is that
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this is going to become a tropical depression and we're forecasting it to
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become a tropical storm probably on the Gulf Coast side of Florida. So here we
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have AccuWeather's tropical eyepath for this tropical rainstorm. You'll notice
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that we forecast this to become a tropical depression beginning around 8
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p.m. Saturday in the Florida Keys and then it may become a landfalling
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tropical storm around 8 p.m. Sunday but look at this slow slow slow forward
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motion all week long near the south side of Georgia and the South Carolina coast
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so here's the snapshot Saturday as we become a tropical storm or tropical
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depression becoming a tropical storm into Sunday and impacts likely
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increasing into North Florida with some downpours.
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