Tropical Depression Nine affecting Florida – 2016

Tropical Depression Nine is currently west of Key West, Florida.

At this hour, this storm that is starting to affect Florida, has still not yet been named. It is currently “Tropical Depression Nine”.  Storm Hunter aircraft and coastal radar will monitor the storm center for organization and it may possibly become a Tropical Storm today.

Out of an abundance of caution, we are mentioning that as the jet stream picks up the storm later today, the northwest to southeast mid level winds will interact with the generally south to north winds around the right front quadrant of the storm itself. This “shear” may cause horizontal rotation within thunderstorms and when the storms lift vertically, the horizontal rotation becomes vertical rotation and forms tornadoes.

The area in Florida that may see the greatest risk of heavy rain, gusty wind and tornado formation would be from Panama City to Marco Island to the west and from the coastal Florida / Georgia line down to around Port St. Lucie to the east. All persons in Florida and southeastern Georgia should be monitoring this storm.

Please use the link below to the National Hurricane Center for official advisories.
 
 
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“These are not official advisories. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here.”
 
 
Tropical Storm Research Center, Gulf Shores, Alabama
 
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