The National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on Tropical Depression Eleven, and is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Kirk, located several hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, and on newly formed Subtropical Storm Leslie located a little more than 1000 miles west-southwest of the Azores.
Leslie is Forecast To Be A Short-lived Cyclone, Being Absorbed by a Larger Low This Week.
At 1100 AM AST (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Kirk was located near latitude 9.3 North, longitude 30.2 West. Kirk is moving toward the west near 21 mph (33 km/h). An even faster westward motion across the tropical Atlantic is expected through Tuesday.
At 500 AM EDT (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Florence was located near latitude 33.8 North, longitude 81.4 West. The depression is moving toward the west near 8 mph (13 km/h). A turn toward the northwest with an increase in forward speed is expected today, followed by a turn toward the north and northeast with an additional increase in forward speed on Monday. On the forecast track, Florence’s center will move across the western Carolinas today and then recurve over the Ohio Valley and Northeast U.S. Monday and Tuesday.
Satellite expert Sheldon Kusselson has given a review of Florence and Harvey from last year at landfall in terms of moisture. Both were all wet.
Wilmington NC is in the eyewall of Florence right now and has recorded a wind gust to 91 mph
The moisture fields around Florence and 2017’s Harvey look very similar, with one important difference. Florence is hammering the North Carolina coast at this time, the center located 115 miles east-southeast of Wilmington at this time.
Hurricane Florence is poised to rapidly intensify over the next 36 hours and if it impacts the Carolinas, it could go down in the pantheon of Great Hurricanes that have affected that area.
Here is a Sunday morning look at the three tropical systems in the Atlantic basin… FLORENCE: This morning Florence is a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph, located about 750 miles southeast of Bermuda. Conditions favor strengthening, and Florence should become a hurricane later today. The new forecast track from NHC shows Florence, […]
At 1000 AM CDT (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Gordon was located near latitude 34.3 North, longitude 91.2 West. The depression is moving toward the north-northwest near 5 mph (7 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue through Friday.
A hurricane warning has been issued for the Alabama and Mississippi coasts as Gordon is now forecast to become a hurricane before landfall.
The official forecast track for Tropical Storm Gordon has been shifted east a bit and Tropical Storm Warnings have been shifted east to include parts of the Florida Panhandle as well. The official forecast takes Gordon to just below hurricane status, but it could grow a little stronger than expected.
We now have Tropical Storm Gordon. The center has just passed through the Florida Keys and is moving into the Gulf of Mexico. A Special Advisory will be issued at 8 a.m. CDT.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Seven is not a tropical depression yet, but it could be by mid-morning tomorrow as it crosses the Florida Keys and enters the Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to make landfall as a tropical storm Tuesday night between Mobile and Morgan City, Louisiana.
