The next two weeks remain to be all about Erika…
State of Emergency Declared in Florida…
Erika is really the only thing to talk about over the next two weeks…
The weather pattern has relaxed across the United States and this will allow Erika to move westward to Florida and possibly the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico by early next week.
The relaxed weather pattern will also allow temperatures to warm to the mid to upper 80’s by the end of the weekend and remain there until after Labor Day.
Now, as for Erika, she currently sits just south of Hispaniola and will soon move northward across the island. This will cause Erika to weaken substantially as there are some quite tall mountains in Hispaniola and they will do a lot of damage to Erika.
Erika will then turn more westward and parallel the Coast of Cuba on her way to South Florida or the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico by late in the day on Sunday and Monday.
Luckily, a track across Hispaniola and along the Coast of Cuba will cause this storm to weaken substantially and remain weak for quite some time. Most likely though there will be heavy rains that will cause substantial flooding in Hispaniola, Cuba, and Florida.
The remnants of Erika may then move further northward up the East Coast, bringing some heavy rain further north, possibly into the Middle Atlantic States Monday through next weekend, and possibly even as far north as our area, but that is yet to be seen.
Click here for more information about Erika from the National Hurricane Center and click here for more information and videos of the horrendous flooding and deaths in Dominica from Erika and the State of Emergency that has been declared in Florida.
The other thing to talk about is Hurricane Ignacio that is approaching Hawaii. As I have said before, Hawaii is a small target in a big Ocean, and even though there was some severe flooding with the prior Tropical Storm Kilo in Hawaii, they have actually been quite lucky so far this summer. Their luck may continue, as Ignacio now seems to be taking a turn further to the north, which if this holds, would spare Hawaii from the worst of Ignacio as well. Let’s hope. Click here for more information about Ignacio from the National Hurricane Center.
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