Stormy start to the morning, more on the way, and what’s happening in the tropics?
South Florida can expect to see more of the same showers and thunderstorms that soaked rush hour Wednesday morning.
The storms “were nearly stationary,” the National Weather Service in Miami said in a short term forecast alert and issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for parts of Central Broward County at 11 a.m.
The storms are expected to last into the afternoon and produce heavy rainfall, poor driving visibility and flooding in some areas is possible.
The weather service cited the following locations that could see the most storm activity: Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miramar, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, Davie, Miami Beach, Plantation, Sunrise, Deerfield Beach, Homestead, Tamarac, Margate, Coral Gables, Key Biscayne, South Miami and Lighthouse Point.
Thunderstorm activity is to remain “elevated” through the week in South Florida, with thunderstorm chances at least 50% each day through Sunday. Friday and Saturday seem most likely for the storms at 70%.
The Florida Keys should also see some of this activity, though the storm chances are more consistent at 40% through the weekend.
Marine conditions
Marine conditions are lousy, too, as some strong storms over Biscayne Bay coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef are churning waters and whipping winds around 30 knots. Waterspouts are possible, the weather service said.
Updates on Paulette, Rene
As for the tropics, Tropical Storm Paulette was expected to begin a turn west-northwestward Wednesday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. Wednesday advisory.
The storm, grown weaker Tuesday evening, still has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. The storm is about 1,090 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.
Paulette is moving toward the west near 9 mph and is expected to gather some momentum Wednesday afternoon in a west-northwestward direction. On Thursday, Paulette is expected to temporarily head westward motion then turn back toward the west-northwest on Friday.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 240 miles from the center.
Paulette is not affecting land at this time.
Tropical Storm Rene, which regained its storm status in the 11 a.m. advisory, was about 510 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, off the coast of West Africa, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.
Rene was heading west-northwest near 13 mph and should maintain its west-northwest direction until Friday when it is expected to turn to the northwest.
Rene, too, is not affecting land.
Meanwhile, a tropical wave is forecast to emerge off the west coast of Africa on Thursday, the hurricane center said. This wave is expected to turn into a tropical depression later this week or over the weekend as it moves westward across the eastern Atlantic.
Formation chances are 40% through Friday and then a high 80% over the next five days.
This story was originally published September 9, 2020 at 10:29 AM.
