Good Morning!! In a year that makes it feels like Monday every day, another first is possible to start your week next week. Two hurricanes making simultaneous landfall in the Gulf of Mexico.
Folks from Corpus Christie to Miami should be making preparations this weekend while both of these tropical depressions are strengthening in the Caribbean.
For a better idea of what we are looking at catch Meteorologist Eddie Holmes this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. CST on Y’all TV on our Facebook page.
Also, as intrepid editor of Yall.com… I am in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, just off the coast of Cancun and in the direct path of what is expected to be a Tropical Storm or possible Cat 1 by tomorrow. So, I will be doing some live updates from there as we learn more about the path of both storms.
So here is the latest on both storms. This will be the last time we combine both storms in the same article. As soon as they are named, each will get it’s own article.
Next update will be late afternoon or evening today from us.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL132020
0900 UTC FRI AUG 21 2020
CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR
THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ACKLINS...CROOKED ISLAND...
LONG CAY...THE INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...AND THE RAGGED ISLANDS...AS
WELL AS FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
* PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA
* U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
* BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
* SABA AND ST. EUSTATIUS
* ST. MAARTEN
* ST. MARTIN AND ST. BARTHELEMY
* ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...AND ANGUILLA
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS.
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM...AS ADDITIONAL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES
OR WARNINGS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THOSE AREAS LATER
TODAY. INTERESTS IN CUBA AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BAHAMAS SHOULD
ALSO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.8N 58.5W AT 21/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NM
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 18 KT
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1008 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 4
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142020
0900 UTC FRI AUG 21 2020
CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* PUNTA HERRERO TO CANCUN MEXICO
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* HONDURAS/NICARAGUA BORDER WESTWARD TO PUNTA CASTILLA HONDURAS
* BAY ISLANDS OF HONDURAS
* PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA NORTHWARD TO THE HONDURAS/NICARAGUA
BORDER
* PUNTA HERRERO TO CANCUN MEXICO
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. A WATCH IS TYPICALLY ISSUED 48 HOURS
BEFORE THE ANTICIPATED FIRST OCCURRENCE OF TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE
WINDS...CONDITIONS THAT MAKE OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS DIFFICULT OR
DANGEROUS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE
NEXT 12 HOURS.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 15.4N 83.1W AT 21/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 10 KT
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1007 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
