MIAMI – As we head into the heart of the Atlantic hurricane year, the tropics are heating up with action.
Tropical Storm Harold fashioned right away in the Gulf of Mexico and is headed toward the coastline of Texas.
Early Tuesday early morning, the storm was about 155 miles east-southeast of Port Mansfield, Texas with sustained winds of 45 mph.
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Harold was relocating to the west-northwest at 18 mph. It is envisioned to continue on in this path and move inland more than south Texas by midday. Some strengthening is doable ahead of Harold reaches the Texas coast.
A Tropical Storm View has been issued for Port O’Connor to Sargent, Texas. A Tropical Storm Warning is in impact for the mouth of the Rio Grande to Port O’Connor, Texas.
In the meantime, Tropical Storm Franklin is drifting little by little in the Atlantic with no modify in depth.
Tuesday morning it was about 255 miles south of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was going to the northwest at 3 mph with sustained winds of 50 mph.
The system need to flip north on Tuesday and the middle is forecast to arrive at the southern coastline of Hispaniola on Wednesday, traverse the island, and move off of the northern coastline on Thursday. Some strengthening is forecast before Franklin reaches Hispaniola.
A Tropical Storm Enjoy is in result for the Dominican Republic’s complete north and east coastline from the Haiti border eastward and southward to Isla Saona and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in result for the Dominican Republic’s full south coast from Haiti border eastward
to Isla Saona and Haiti’s total south coastline from Anse d’Hainault eastward to the Dominican Republic border.
Tropical Depression Gert is barely hanging on and could dissipate at any time.
Tuesday early morning, the middle of the program was about 290 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands.
It was shifting to the west-northwest at 8 mph with sustained winds of 30 mph.
There are no watches or warnings for this storm.
None of the storms are a menace to South Florida.
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