Goodbye Tropical Storm Debby & Hello Ernesto
Here we go again, as we say goodbye to tropical storm Debby as she heads up the coast through the Northeast bringing us heavy rain and flooding, there is another storm brewing with an 80% chance of becoming a hurricane. According to the National Hurricane Center , it’s named hurricane Ernesto.
Debby took off to the eastern Canadian coast after making two stops in this part of North America sadly taking the lives of 8 people. Parts of North Carolina and Virginia were slammed with 3 to 7 inches of rain, with other spots hit with up to 10 inches.
What To Expect From Storm Ernesto
This storm is brewing right now east of the Lesser Antilles which started on Sunday morning. This will have a chance to build in the next 48 hours, and is at a high of 70 percent and for the next seven days even higher at 90 percent. Tropical storm watches have been given for some areas, including Puerto Rico, and tropical storm warnings have been issued for some spots of the Leeward Islands.
Some forecasters said this could be a “Potential Tropical Cyclone Five,” and could even become a major hurricane in the next couple of days as it will go through the Caribbean. We will know more by the middle of this week and forecasters are warning us that this storm could get up to at least a Category 1 hurricane as it travels through the warm waters.
Here is what we know so far of the storm, the location is 525 miles east-southeast of Antigua, and 830 miles east-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the wind speeds are just about 30mph. What to keep an eye on with this tropical storm is the British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra.
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