The latest forecast track from the National Hurricane Center takes Erika north of the Dominican Republic and toward the Bahamas late in the weekend. Estimated minimum central pressure is now up to 1010 millibars, indicating a weakened storm. That’s still 2.12 inches below normal for this point in August. Erika is moving north-northwest near 8 mph. Palm Beach International Airport measured 0.78 of an inch of rain on Wednesday, bringing the monthly total to 4.46 inches. By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - Erika, a tropical storm that killed 20 people on the Caribbean island of Dominica and at least one person in Haiti, fell apart on Saturday over eastern Cuba, the U.S. The five-day rainfall forecast from NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center is for from 3-5 inches in Palm Beach through Tuesday. The forecast from the National Weather Service in Miami calls for possible tropical storm conditions in Palm Beach Sunday, Sunday night and Monday, with a 70 percent chance of rain. The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were under a tropical storm warning, and a watch was posted for the the north coast of the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, and the southeastern Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Elsa was centered about 70 mph miles east-southeast of Barbados as of early Friday. Scott said the Florida National Guard can used if Erika were to impact Florida.The NHC’s Tropical Storm Force Wind Speed Probabilities map shows that Palm Beach has about a 40 percent chance of experiencing winds of at least 39 mph - for one minute - through 2 a.m. 'We've been very fortunate for a long time, and we've got to get prepared,' he said. UWM Late Cycle Spaghetti Models for ERIKA showing potential paths. Rick Scott held a news conference Thursday to address Floridians about the storm. UWM Early Cycle Spaghetti Models for ERIKA showing potential paths. Tracking latest with EyeonTropics, youll find. Tropical cyclones include depressions, storms and hurricanes. The National Hurricane Center declared that Tropical Storm Erika dissipated near the north coast of eastern Cuba at 9:30 a.m.

we ought to have a good idea of what's going to happen with it.' Latest track for Erika, shifting east a bit, still potential hurricane near central Floridas coast by. The National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Reports contain comprehensive information on each tropical cyclone, including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties and damages, and the post-analysis best track (six-hourly positions and intensities). 'If the storm survives until Friday into Saturday. 'Here's what you want to see, the brand new track, notice how it's very tightly wound through Puerto Rico in the next 24 to 48 hours and over to the Dominican Republic and out,' said Local 6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells. Little change in strength is expected over the next two days as the storm moves toward Florida. On Thursday, four people were killed in Dominica in severe flooding and mudslides caused by Erika as the storm made landfall. The National Hurricane Center now predicts the storm will never strengthen into a hurricane and will make landfall in South Florida as a tropical storm and then move north across the state.

It was located 155 miles east-southeast of the Dominican Republic. Friday, the National Hurricane Center said Erika had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was moving west-northwest at 17 mph. But the storm is no longer forecast to strengthen to a hurricane.Īt 5 a.m. Though the exact track of Erika remains uncertain, the storm is forecast to move across the Caribbean, then become a Category 1 hurricane by the weekend as it spins near the Bahamas. Erika instead dissipated near Cuba without ever reaching hurricane strength. – Tropical Storm Erika produced very heavy rains over portions of the Leeward Islands Thursday as the cone continues to show the storm approaching Florida. A fast-moving Tropical Storm Erika neared Antigua and Barbuda early Thursday, dumping rain on the eastern Caribbean on a path expected to take it by Puerto. 27 had Erika striking Florida as a hurricane.

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