Tropical Storm Ernesto formed out of Tropical Depression # 5 today – 24 hours earlier than anticipated. This storm is intensifying, even though it is still over moderately cool waters in the west central Atlantic. This storm will be crossing into the Caribbean Friday morning, August 03, and will be feeding off of the warm Caribbean waters. Several computer models are showing hurricane status by late Sunday, August 05, just south of Jamaica and additional strengthening by early Monday morning, August 06. We are watching this developing storm carefully and will post unofficial updates as conditions change. Persons along the Florida coast as well as persons along the Gulf Coast should be monitoring this storm through your local media and the National Hurricane Center.
For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:
We are also providing an interactive Watch and Warning web link for persons who wish to get details on localized conditions:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php
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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. 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 in this Unofficial Advisory.”
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