A tropical wave is forecast to bring a chance for heavy rainfall starting late Thursday into Friday. Most models are hinting that we will enter a long stretch of wet weather going into the weekend. Minor coastal flooding is also possible given a new moon and extra high tides.
Main hazards
- Flooding is the main concern around poorly drained and low-lying areas. Preliminary models suggest average rain totals of 2-4″, with higher amounts likely.
- The higher than normal tides may limit the ability for heavy rain that falls to drain from areas near the coast. Therefore, minor coastal flooding is also possible.
Tropical wave could bring heavy rainfall and threat for flooding on Friday into the weekend. Minor coastal flooding is also possible due to the new moon & extra high tides. @wsvn @7weather #flwx pic.twitter.com/Vy9VIVeEFV
— Vivian Gonzalez (@VivianGonzalez7) July 31, 2019
Today in The Tropics
We are watching a tropical wave located over Hispaniola producing heavy rains that stretch from Puerto Rico into the Southeastern Bahamas. If the moisture holds, the rains will spread into most of the Bahamas and eventually Florida over the weekend. The National Hurricane Center giving it a low chance to form once it turns Northeast off the Southeast coast of the United States.
Tropical wave is forecast to move NW during the next several days, producing locally heavy rainfall over portions of the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas &
Florida. Low chance to form as the system turns NE
off the Southeast U.S. coast. @wsvn @7weather #flwx pic.twitter.com/v9qusmyH1K— Vivian Gonzalez (@VivianGonzalez7) July 31, 2019
A distant tropical wave is moving West at around 15 mph. Conditions will become more favorable for development as it nears the Lesser Antilles. The National Hurricane Center is giving it a medium chance to form through the next 5 days.
Wave in far Eastern Atlantic Ocean has medium chance to form. Conditions are forecast to gradually become more favorable, and a tropical depression could form by early next week several hundred miles E of the Lesser Antilles. @wsvn @7weather #flwx pic.twitter.com/fEm22aKOnb
— Vivian Gonzalez (@VivianGonzalez7) July 31, 2019
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Vivian Gonzalez
Meteorologist, AMS Certified
WSVN Channel 7