The Latest on Grace and TD 8

Tropical Depression Grace remains disorganized this morning. It is tracking further south than expected and will mostly miss the island of Hispaniola, which will reduce the land interaction which weakens tropical systems. It is looking like it will take a more westerly track over the next five days with the ridge to the north staying strong and steering it through the western Caribbean, over the Yucatan, and into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, perhaps missing the U.S. in the process. It is not forecasted officially to become a hurricane, but it is hard to imagine it not doing so, given the forecast track. WE will be watching.

The system will dump very heavy rains on the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, the Caymans, and Cuba that will cause serious flooding

The Hurricane Hunters are investigating the storm now.

Tropical Depression Eight is moving south this morning. It is going to circle around the island of Bermuda to its west. It should become a tropical storm later today. It will be named Henri. It eventually will turn back to the north and northeast late rin the week, coming within about 400 miles of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, but no closer to the U.S.

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