Category 1 Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida; another system brewing in Atlantic

Posted: Monday, August 5, 2024. 8:58 am CST.

By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Category 1 Hurricane Debby made landfall this morning in the Florida Big Bend region.

Debby is expected to bring major flooding over the Southeastern United States during the next few days.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Florida coast from the Yankeetown to Indian Pass.

Debby continues to move toward the north-northeast near 10 mph (17 km/h). 

A gradual decrease in forward speed with a turn toward the northeast and east is expected later today and Tuesday. 

On the forecast track, the center will slowly across northern Florida and southern Georgia today and Tuesday, and be near the Georgia coast by Tuesday night.

Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts. 

Additional weakening is expected as Debby moves over land today and tonight.

Weather experts are also monitoring a tropical wave in the Atlantic.

The tropical wave located near the Windward Islands have decreased and become less organized since yesterday.

Any development of this system should be slow to occur during the next couple of days while the system moves westward over the eastern Caribbean Sea.

Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development later this week as the system moves across the western Caribbean Sea or the southern Gulf of Mexico.

 

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