HOUSTON – Newly-formed Tropical Storm Hermine continues to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico and will cause headaches up and down the east coast in coming days.
The National Hurricane Center upgraded the system to tropical storm strength at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, giving it the name Hermine at that time.
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Hermine is moving slowly north through the Gulf of Mexico. It will make an northeastward as it gets pulled into a trough over the eastern U.S.
Houston will get no direct impacts from Hermine. The southeast Texas coast will see slightly higher-than-normal tides and through Friday.
Hermine will hit the Florida Panhandle near Apalachicola late Thursday as a tropical storm with sustained wind near 60 miles per hour. It will then move northeast, through the coastal Mid-Atlantic states before emerging back over open water between Washington, D.C. and New York on Sunday.
Rainfall totals will could reach 10 inches or higher along the Florida coast between Tampa and Panama City. North of Florida, the Atlantic Coast should brace for up to 8 inches of rain and gusty wind from Hermine on Friday and Saturday.
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