First Alert Weather: Tracking soon-to-be Imelda and its local impacts

Here’s what the First Alert Weather Team said you can expect for the First Alert Weather forecast:

Rain from Saturday morning/midday is fading away, and skies are turning mostly sunny
We may have another shower/storm or two inland Saturday evening
Winds pick up on Sunday, and showers will move onshore at times
It won’t rain all day Sunday, but keep an eye out for rain, especially closer to the coast
T.D. #9 – soon to be Imelda – will track east of Jax Monday/Tuesday by about 200 miles
Onshore winds will breeze up at the coast, some 20-30 mph, gusts even higher
Winds will dramatically fall off the farther inland you live
Rough seas & surf with a high rip current risk at the beach will be our primary local impacts
Waves will reach as high as 6-8 ft. Monday-Wednesday
We’ll also see showers at times streaming onshore Sunday-Monday
Tuesday & Wednesday look drier as Imelda pulls away
Then we get back to late summer/early fall showers & storms late week
There is still lot of uncertainty about TD #9’s long-term life,

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Tropical Depression #9 formed Saturday morning between the Bahamas & Cuba
TD #9 is forecast to become Imelda later today or tomorrow
TD #9 will track north, brushing the east coast of Florida on Monday
Local impacts are detailed above
The current forecast pulls the storm up to the Carolina coast, then sharply eastward out to sea
This setup still means flooding rain for the Carolina coast, even though the storm is forecast to turn away from the U.S.
Meanwhile, Humberto is a major hurricane in the Western Atlantic
Humberto isn’t coming to the U.S. or Florida

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