Miami is currently midway through it’s hurricane season— explaining the constant rain, thunder, and random flashes of lightning occurring throughout these past few days. Recently however, weather forecasters have been talking about the shortly lived Hurricane Gaston, which was quickly weakened by wind shear into a tropical storm.
This once 75 mph hurricane was reduced to a 70 mph tropical storm soon after it was announced as this year’s third hurricane of Atlantic hurricane season. It was suggested, based on the atmospheric patterns in the Atlantic, that Gaston would continue to be drawn northwest into the central Atlantic Ocean but instead is now being drawn southwesterly, leading it to continue weakening throughout tomorrow.
However, weather forecasters have estimated that Gaston will develop once again into a hurricane over this upcoming weekend.
“This wind shear is expected to slacken by the weekend, allowing Gaston to regain strength before it eventually gets pulled northeast into the north Atlantic by the jet stream,” stated weather.com in its article “Gaston Weakens to a Tropical Storm, Expected to Become a Hurricane Again in the Central Atlantic.”
Another storm is brewing amongst all the Gaston commotion and it’s moving along the north side of the Caribbean’s larger islands. During this weekend, 99L is predicted to take a course which will lead it towards the Bahamas and southern area of Florida. This tropical depression has winds up to 40 to 50 mph and is expected to develop into the tropical storm, Hermine.
“Regardless of whether or not 99L is officially upgraded to Hermine, weather and sea conditions will deteriorate over southern Florida and the Florida Keys on Sunday,” stated m.accuweather.com in its article “Bahamas, Florida on alert for brewing Tropical Storm Hermine.”
Whether the 99L remains a tropical depression or upgrades to a tropical, it still has the potential of causing serious damage. In fact both Gaston and 99L can still create some dangerous destruction with its strong winds, heavy rain showers, and abundance of lightning strikes.
Regardless of what may occur, stay prepared, especially during the weekend, when most of the storm action will occur, since hurricane season is not over yet.
