This storm is expected to become Isaias and track northwest with Florida in the new path
ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. An elongated area of low pressure located about 500 miles east of the Windward Islands is producing a wide area of showers and thunderstorms. Although recent satellite imagery suggests that the system does not yet have a well-defined center, data from NOAA buoy 41040 indicate that the system is producing winds near tropical-storm-force. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate the system this afternoon and will provide more information about the current state of the disturbance. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for additional development and a tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form during the next couple of days while the system moves west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph and approaches the Leeward Islands. Regardless of development, locally heavy rain is likely across portions of the Lesser Antilles beginning later today and continuing through Wednesday, especially in the Leeward Islands. These conditions will spread westward to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Wednesday night and Thursday. Interests on these islands should continue to monitor the progress of this system and tropical storm watches or warnings could be required for portions of the area later today. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. Forecaster ZelinskyNEW: Tropical Storm Warnings issued for Leeward Islands. This storm is expected to become Isaias and track northwest. We will continue to monitor. #PTC pic.twitter.com/xRd7QdIeBk
— Spectrum Bay News 9 Weather (@bn9weather) July 28, 2020BREAKING: Puerto Rico and the eastern Caribbean could see Tropical Storm Isaias as soon as Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) July 28, 2020
The disturbance’s potential path takes it over the Bahamas on Saturday and Florida on Sunday as a tropical storm. https://t.co/GOFBV1rjI5