National Hurricane Center monitoring two tropical waves off coast of Africa
SO BROOKE SILVERING IS HERE WITH US AS WELL. AND BROOKE, YOU’RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE WEATHER IS LOOKING LIKE FOR MAYBE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING OUT TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH. AND YOU’RE ALSO TRACKING THE TROPICS. THAT IS RIGHT. A LOT GOING ON TODAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WEDNESDAY IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF SUMMER. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO SYSTEMS THAT EMERGED OFF OF AFRICA. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS MAYBE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY NORMAL. BUT SINCE IT’S JUNE, IT’S VERY UNCOMMON TO HAVE THIS MUCH ACTIVITY THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. AND
A LOT OF IT IS DUE IN PART BECAUSE THE ATLANTIC WATERS ARE RUNNING VERY WARM WHILE ABOVE AVERAGE. SO WE ARE SEEING TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH GOOD FOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE SEEING WITH THIS. SO THIS IS INVEST 92. WE’VE BEEN TRACKING THIS OVER THE WEEKEND AND IT HAS A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY BY 11 A.M. ADVISORY OF THIS BECOMING A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, MOVING GENERALLY IN THAT WESTERLY MOTION. AND MORE DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY AS IT CAN BECOME A TROPICAL STORM. THE NEXT NAME ON THE LIST IS BRET. AND THEN FOLLOWING
IT IS THIS AREA THAT ALSO EMERGED OFF OF AFRICA BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED. NOW THIS IS INVEST 93 AND IT IS ALSO MOVING GENERALLY IN
WITH THESE STORMS, THEY CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THOSE LIGHT SHOWS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS, ESPECIALLY ALONG INLAND PORTIONS OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AND ALSO JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW FEELING LIKE THE MID 90S TO THE MID UPPER 80S. AND LATER TODAY, WE SHOULD HIT THE 90S THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED STORMS INCREASING COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THOSE STORMS CAN BE ON THE STRONG
