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Tropical Storm Bret brushes the East Coast of Florida

kharper — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:50:43 +0000

Churning about 150 miles off the eastern coast of Florida, Tropical Storm Bret will pose little threat to the U.S. mainland this week as it is expected to remain well offshore.

The season’s second named storm, upgraded from a tropical depression late on Sunday evening, is meandering around the northern Bahamas this morning.

Grand Bahama, including the city of Freeport and Great Abaco, will experience bands of heavy rain today, along with wind gusts that could approach tropical storm force (39 mph or greater).

Read more on this developing weather story here.

*Source – AccuWeather.com

INVEST 90L

jpeak — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:50:29 +0000

The National Hurricane Center says the non-tropical low pressure system it’s been watching throughout the weekend-Invest 90L- has a 30% chance of developing into Tropical or Subtropical Storm Alex- the first of the season, which begins June 1st, 2010.

On satellite imagery, the are appeared more disorganized that ever on Monday morning as it drifted north-northwest. If it does start changing into a tropical or subtropical system- characterized by a circulation extending to the surface- the best chance for it to happen is Tuesday as wind shear begins to decline.

It does now appear that 90L will have little if any effect on South Florida weather, although it may increase surf and risk of rip currents.