Eta moves farther away from SW Florida, Subtropical Storm Theta forms over the Northeast Atlantic

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At 11 p.m. Monday, Tropical Storm Eta is now nearly 300 miles southwest of Marco Island, with 50 mph winds. It is currently moving to the southwest at 9 mph, where it will continue that southwesterly motion through Tuesday morning.

By Tuesday afternoon, Eta is expected to make a turn to the north and move northward through the eastern Gulf of Mexico into the rest of the week and weekend.

The big question: Will Eta move back over Southwest Florida? The answer is “no”. While there is a big spread in computer models regarding what direction Eta will be moving over the next several days, no reliable model takes it back over Southwest Florida.

Nevertheless, we will still feel some “fringe” impacts as Eta churns over the eastern Gulf including breezy conditions and periods of rain from Eta’s far outer bands over the next few days. Look for drier weather beginning Friday into the weekend!

Elsewhere in the tropics, we have newly formed Subtropical Storm Theta over the northeastern Atlantic, making the 29th named storm of the season. This officially makes 2020 the most active season on record, breaking the previous record of 28 named storms in 2005.

Theta is moving eastward and away from the United States and will be no threat to us.

We’re also keeping an eye on the central Caribbean, where a tropical wave is forecast to move over in the next couple of days and perhaps develop into a low pressure system. This currently has a 50% chance of developing into a tropical storm or tropical depression. It is too soon to determine where this will be headed, if it does happen to develop into anything.

 

 

 

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