Tropical Depression Thirteen/ Named Storm Laura formed in the Central Atlantic from a tropical low pressure area. This storm system is moving west northwest at roughly 20 mph and has potential for further development over the next couple of days as it passes near Puerto Rico on Saturday and and the southern Bahamas on Sunday. Most tracking agencies are showing gradual strengthening as this storm moves toward south Florida Monday and Tuesday from it’s current location. Persons along the Southeastern US and Gulf Coast should be monitoring the progress of this storm and should be making preparations as directed by local emergency management agencies and the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Update Aug. 19, 2020 @ 8:30 PM EDT: We are also watching Tropical Depression Fourteen in the western Caribbean. International tracking models are indicating a Texas/Louisiana involvement early this coming week. Intensity projections are not precise right now because there have not been two active storm areas in the Gulf at the same time since 1955 and interaction between these two storm areas is not very predictable.
Please visit the National Hurricane Center website for official news and advisories.
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Tropical Storm Research Center, Gulf Shores, Alabama
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