Hurricane Erin heads north, rain returns this weekend

Waves and rip currents Thursday

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A few showers with isolated storms will be possible through the night as the northerly breeze continues.

Hurricane Erin remains as a Category 2 hurricane. Erin is now heading north at 14 mph with winds topping 100 mph. Wave and rip current risks will continue along our beaches through Friday.

North of the Leeward Islands, Chances of formation have increased for a tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands continues to produce a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions will allow gradual development and a tropical depression could form by this weekend while it moves near or to the north of the northern Leeward Islands.

North of the Leeward Islands, A tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands continues to produce a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions will allow gradual development and a tropical depression could form by this weekend while it moves near or to the north of the northern Leeward Islands.

Invest AL99 could be a shorth lived storm. Satellite and surface wind data shows a concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands that lacks a closed surface circulation. Environmental conditions appear favorable for additional development over the next day while the system moves west-southwestward at around 15 mph. A short-lived tropical depression could form. By the end of the week, environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable for further development.

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Tonight: Showers and storms will be possible.

Thursday: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies early then becoming cloudy at times. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible as moisture levels increase under the westerly wind. A mild morning, with lows in the 70s to low 80s. The chance of showers and storms will be 40-60 percent. Afternoon highs will be in the 90s inland, upper 80s to low 90s along the beaches. Wind: Northwest, then becoming southwest at 5-10 mph.

This week: The Gulf breeze returns this weekend with increasing rain chances each day.

Sunrise: 6:57 a.m.

Sunset: 8:03 p.m.


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