Rain chances linger in Central Florida as tropics get even busier
Rain chances remain in Central Floridas forecast for the weekend as the National Hurricane Center is monitoring three areas in the tropics. (WKMG)As of early Friday, Gonzalo is still a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds at 60 mph. HannaWere also watching Tropical storm Hanna. It could bring flooding rain to far south Texas but it will not impact Florida, according to Bridges. Highs will stay near 92 into next week with increasing rain chances to 60% by Sunday and Monday and on into Tuesday.
Tropical Tracker: What lies ahead for Gonzalo, Tropical Depression Eight? Bad news for the Atlantic?
ORLANDO, Fla. โ We've done it again this 2020 hurricane season and we will likely break another record before this week is over. Tropical Depression Eight could become Tropical Storm Hanna by the weekend bringing the potential for flooding to Texas. If Tropical Depression Eight does indeed strengthen into Tropical Storm Hanna, it would be the earliest eighth storm on record. Tracks and intensity of the 2005 hurricane season. Tropical development in the Central Atlantic, around where Gonzalo developed, prior to Aug. 1 is often a precursor to an active season.
Tropical Storm Gonzalo expected to become first hurricane of season
ORLANDO, Fla. โ The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Gonzalo has formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, setting a record for the earliest named seventh tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Gonzalo is forecast to become the first hurricane of the season as early as Thursday morning. 5 p.m. advisory for Tropical Storm Gonzalo. According to the NHCโs latest advisory, Gonzaloโs center is expected to approach the Windward Islands late Friday into Saturday. The stormโs early strengthening breaks a record set by Tropical Storm Gert, which formed on July 24, 2005.