System has the potential to quickly intensify before landfall, which could come by Wednesday.
Aug. 27, 2023, 7:47 a.m.Tropical Depression 10 is expected to become Tropical Storm Idalia today. It's forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico and strengthen into a hurricane. Landfall could come along Florida's Gulf Coast by Wednesday. The track and intensity forecasts for the storm are still very uncertain, so forecast shifts are expected.A tropical depression headed for the Gulf of Mexico is expected to become Tropical Storm Idalia today, according to the National Hurricane Center.
It is expected to become a hurricane by Tuesday, and the forecast path shows it making landfall somewhere on Florida’s Gulf Coast by Wednesday. The so-called “cone of uncertainty” has narrowed and shows that the center of the storm could make landfall anywhere from Panama City to Tampa, with the center of the cone focused on Florida’s Big Bend region.
The weather service in Mobile urged those along the Alabama and northwest Florida coasts to stay alert: “No watches or warnings are in effect for our area at this time. No local impacts are expected through Monday. High risk of rip currents and high surf are expected to ramp up late Tuesday through Thursday. Please continue to closely monitor the progress of this system over the next few days and DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.
The storm is forecast to track across northern Florida, then into Georgia and could emerge into the Atlantic off the coast of the Carolinas, spreading heavy rain and gusty winds far inland across the Southeast. Tropical storm warnings continued along parts of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba, and tropical storm watches were also in effect for parts of Cuba.
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