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Tropical Trouble: Tracking a new area for tropical disturbance near Florida’s coast

The National Hurricane Center watching a new area for next tropical storm or hurricane

Monitoring the East coast of Florida

Another homegrown storm is trying to develop off the east coast of Florida. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is placing a 20% chance of development over the next 7 days.

Monitoring the East coast of Florida

This area of concern is due to a low-pressure system developing along a stalling front. This is not a home run for this disturbance to upgrade to a tropical storm or hurricane; it has to overcome dry air and wind shear.

Regardless of whether this disturbance develops into a tropical storm or hurricane, it has the potential to bring higher rain chances along the Gulf Coast by mid-week as it moves westward with the flow of a high-pressure system.

We’ll have to wait and see just how much rain comes from this.

Rain chances increase

If this disturbance get its act together, it would be named Bertha.

Next storm is Bertha