MIAMI – Activity in the tropics could have a major impact on South Florida in the coming days with an area of change in the Caribbean continuing to move toward the Gulf area.
Invest-98L has a 90 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression and will likely be named Hermine as the next named system.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said it will likely become a tropical depression in the next few days as it moves west-northwest across the southern Windward Islands.
The models are very consistent and show that during the next five days, the development of this storm will bring it through the Caribbean over the southwest coast of Cuba.
It is located close to Aruba and has a 90% chance of development. To see more from Telemundo, visit https://www.nbc.com/networks/telemundo
It’s too early to know what this system wants to do, but all of South Florida will need to monitor it in the coming days.
After that, the models currently disagree, showing a variety of options, from a storm heading toward Texas, to the option of a storm approaching Key West off the coast of Florida.
Even if the storm didn’t pass through our state, we could still be close enough to add moisture on the eastern side of the system. At this point, Key West, the West Coast of Florida, and the entire Gulf Coast will need to keep a close eye on future Hermine.