An overview of what's going on in the tropics....
REMEMBER WHEN A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE IS APPROACHING: Taping windows is *not* recommended & will not keep glass from breaking. Instead close curtains & blinds.
** A strong tropical wave over the Eastern Atlantic has a good chance to develop while moving over the Central Atlantic....’ - that moved off the coast of Africa this past weekend and was upgraded to tropical depression #13 Tue. morning then to tropical stormTue. afternoon & then to a hurricane Wed. afternoon. The hurricane rapidly intensified Thu. becoming a Cat. 4 last Thu. afternoon then a Cat. 5 later Thu. night creating great hoopla & unwarranted scary headlines.
Lee was the third major hurricane of the Atlantic season ... the third hurricane of the Atlantic season develops - on average - Sept. 7 while the 2nd “major” hurricane average date is Sept. 19. The forecast models remain in good agreement showing Lee reaching Jacksonville’s latitude mid afternoon to late Thu. while nearly 1,000 miles to the east. An easterly swell, rough seas & surf will impact our local beaches for much of this week with a high rip current risk. There’s the potential for 5-7+ foot breakers along the NE Fl. & SE Ga. coast Wed. through Fri.
An upper level trough will moving into the Eastern U.S. Lee will make Lee’s turn more north & even north/northwest & accelerate while moving into or very near New England & into Eastern Canada as the upper level trough moves eastward toward the NW Atlantic drawing Lee a little more northwest for a time as the cyclone interacts with the trough. The very strong tropical wave - ‘96-L’
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