Tropical Storm Sara Slowly Moving West, Expected to Weaken to a Depression by Early Monday AM

Not too many changes to the forecast for Sara with the 3pm CT advisory this afternoon. She remains a mid range tropical storm, with sustained winds of 50mph and higher gusts. Her movement is very slow, to the west at only 2mph. Life threatening flash flooding and landslides continue in Honduras today.

Here are the latest stats on Sara from the National Hurricane Center:

LOCATION...16.2N 86.2W
ABOUT 30 MI...45 KM SW OF ISLA GUANAJA HONDURAS
ABOUT 160 MI...255 KM SE OF BELIZE CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 2 MPH...4 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB...29.44 INCHES

Sara is expected to weaken into a tropical depression on Monday as she interacts with land over Mexico. After that, there is some uncertainty about if she will intensify. Even if she does, the models only show her reaching tropical storm status at most. So it still looks pretty good for the eastern Gulf Coast, as a hurricane no longer looks like a high probability. Still, you should continue monitoring the forecast for changes over the weekend.

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