Florida Gets Season’s First Tropical Storm Warning

The Weather Channel reports:

Tropical storm warnings have been issued across the southern half of the Florida Peninsula and the Keys ahead of the likely formation of a Gulf tropical storm that will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to those areas into the weekend.

An area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of Fort Myers, Florida, is producing clusters of showers and thunderstorms right now. Moisture from this system is streaming well to its northeast, resulting in soaking rainfall across South Florida.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has dubbed this system “Potential Tropical Cyclone One,” a procedure allowing the NHC to issue advisories, watches and warnings.

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