There isn’t a lot of time for the disturbance in the golf to actually develop into an organized system before making landfall late Wednesday night in the Florida Panhandle, Channel 9 Certified Chief Meteorologist Tom Terry said.
However, the disturbance does have a narrow window of opportunity to do just this as it approaches landfall late tomorrow.
Terry said the center is expected to move near the I-10 corridor through southeast Georgia into Thursday afternoon.
Tropical disturbance #91L has a slightly better chance of forming as it moves toward a panhandle landfall late Wednesday and early Thursday. The next storm name is #Mindy. pic.twitter.com/rNpqZVMjUS
The Euro model shows #91L moving across the Florida panhandle late Wednesday night and early Thursday. You can see the various 'ensemble' members showing slightly different model solutions. Also, our IBM model, and others show a similar track. 50% chance of forming! pic.twitter.com/oKT7uLyDTj
Meteorologist George Waldenberger said a disorganized disturbance does have a chance of forming into a tropical depression or even a named storm (Mindy) over the northeast Gulf of Mexico.
“Either way though, mainly just a wetter forecast for Central Florida and many of us could use rain,” he said.
Disorganized showers and storms/disturbance does have some chance of forming into a tropical depression (or even Mindy?) over the northeast Gulf. Either way though, mainly just a wetter forecast for Central Florida and many of us could use rain. pic.twitter.com/XBgnhGCjRm
Hurricane Larry stays far off our coast, but our waves build over the next three days and the NWS has issued an official statement for the risk of dangerous rip currents through Friday. Stay safe at the beaches! pic.twitter.com/282hmuU3cI
A tropical storm watch was issued for Bermuda as Hurricane Larry nears the island.
Forecasters said Larry should pass east of Bermuda on Thursday.
The storm’s winds are near 115 mph.
Larry is expected to gradually weaken over the next several days, but for now, it remains a large hurricane.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 185 miles.
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5 a.m. update
The National Hurricane Center said hurricane hunters will investigate Larry later this morning.
The storm is expected to cause dangerous surf and rip currents along western Atlantic shores later this week.
