Potential Storm #9

As of Thursday afternoon the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began issuing advisories on the disturbance sitting over the Bahamas. They are calling it Potential Storm #9. 

It remains highly disorganized, but models are insisting it will at least reach tropical storm status this weekend. By then it will be impacting land areas.

 What is a Potential Storm?

  

In order to give areas that will be impacted by this system a little extra time to prepare, NHC uses the designation Potential Storm. This way they can issue watches and warnings much earlier to help warn those in the path.

Watches and Warnings

As of late Thursday night, parts of the NW Bahamas are under Tropical Storm Warnings. This means they could start seeing winds over 39 mph in 36 hours. This is so unfortunate since they are still reeling from the impacts of Dorian.

Palm Beach, Martin, St.Lucie, and Indian River Counties are under a tropical storm watch, but that is just for the Coastal Waters. This means winds over 39 mph can impact the offshore waters in 48 hours.

However, from Jupiter to Titusville, a Tropical Storm watch is in effect for the land area.

Where is it going?

High pressure will start to push the system NW Friday morning and by evening it should be moving over Nassau and Marsh Harbor.  By Saturday morning it's expected to turn fully tropical and be named Humberto. It will continue to move northwest making landfall somewhere along Florida's East Coast. The cone starts by Dania Beach. Be prepared for the possibility of heavy rain and gusty winds on and off through Sunday for all South Florida.