![]() ![]() It’s projected to be near of off shore of East Central Florida Sunday morning and be off shore of Jacksonville Monday morning. The official forecast hasn’t changed much with respect to location, but Isaías is expected to move a lot slower than anticipated. ![]() Wind shear and drier air intruding the storm will continue to limit the storm’s potential over the next 24 hours despite it moving over very warm water. Satellite imagery before noon Saturday showed an exposed center with the deep convection to the east of the center (see image below). The Hurricane Hunters and radar also found an opening on the southwestern side of Isaías’ eye, but the size of the eye remained steady according to the NHC’s 11 a.m. Hurricane Hunters have found higher central pressure with the storm. The storm made landfall over Andros Island Saturday morning, and it’s movement over land was one element that has weakened the storm. However, Isaias will be a weak category one hurricane with sustained winds speeds of around 75 mph. Tonight Isaias is forecasted to strengthen back into a Category 1 hurricane as it moves over the gulf stream’s warmer waters. There is currently an area of high wind shear sitting over the Florida Peninsula which is helping to weaken Isaias. Wind shear is when winds go in different directions in the atmosphere, which typically, tears tropical systems apart. An area of dry air currently sitting over southern Florida inhibited storms in Isaias from developing further, which weakened the storm Saturday afternoon. Two main elements that helped weaken Isaias were dry air and wind shear. The minimum central pressure rose to 993 millibars.Ī Hurricane Hunter aircraft confirmed that Isaias weakened into a Tropical Storm at 5:00 PM on Saturday. The storm was moving to the northwest at 9 mph. (WCTV) - At 8:00 PM Tropical Storm Isaias was 100 miles southeast of Fort Lauderdale Florida with sustained wind gusts of 70 mph. The southeastern Big Bend counties can see some rain bands Sunday afternoon and evening, but strong wind gusts are not likely. The closest band to the Big Bend was from Starke to south of Williston. Despite its disorganization, the radar shows rain bands making their way across the Florida peninsula as of 12:30 p.m. Unless the wind shear weakens, intensification isn’t expected. The storm was still dealing with west to southwesterly wind shear, keeping the deep convection on its eastern side, and decoupling the center into two separate lower- and mid-level centers. All storm surge advisories in Florida have been cancelled. Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect for Jupiter Inlet northward to Surf City, N.C. Lucie and Martin counties reported wind gusts between 39 and 5 mph according to the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Melbourne, Fla. The storm brought gusty winds and strong rain bands to Florida’s east coast. The minimum central pressure fell slightly to 995 millibars with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. ![]() advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Nearly 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in parts of South Georgia near the US Highway 84 corridor.The center of the storm was located 55 miles southeast of Fort Pierce and was moving north-northwest (340-degree bearing) at 8 mph according to the 11 a.m. Some isolated, higher amounts of over 5 inches fell near Quincy and Perry. Doppler radar estimates since Saturday morning show that between 8 to 12 inches of rain have fallen in some parts of the western Big Bend - mainly over Franklin and Liberty Counties. Since Tropical Storm Claudette developed after making landfall in Louisiana Saturday morning, plenty of rain has fallen across parts of the South -including the Big Bend and some of South Georgia. The watch, which expires Thursday morning according to NWS, means that those in the watch should be prepared to take action if flash flooding occurs and if warnings are issued. The Flash Flood Watch covers most of the Big Bend and South Georgia, except for Miller, Clinch, Echols, Hamilton, and Suwannee counties. The threat of more rainfall prompted the National Weather Service Forecast Office to issue a Flash Flood Watch for most of the viewing area. ![]() (WCTV) - Many in the Big Bend and South Georgia either woke up to or drove through heavy rain as multiple weather features will keep rain chances elevated once again. ![]()
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