Tropical Forecast

FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber takes the latest look at Hurricane Ernesto, a Category 1 storm, that might be getting slowed down by dry air in the Atlantic. It is moving towards Bermuda as a still-dangerous storm, but might not reach major hurricane strength.

FOX 13 meteorologist Jim Weber has the latest on Hurricane Ernesto.

The newly formed Tropical Storm Ernesto is gathering strength, as FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber takes a look at the storm approaching the Leeward Islands. It is not expected to pose a threat to the U.S. as it is forecasted to stay over the Atlantic after passing Puerto Rico.

FOX 13 News Meteorologist Jim Weber says Potential Tropical Cyclone Five will most likely become Tropical Storm Ernesto as it reaches the Leeward Islands. The system is expected to continue to strengthen and potentially become a category two hurricane.

FOX 13 News Meteorologist Nash Rhodes breaks down the latest tropical update.

FOX 13 News Meteorologist Valerie Mills says there's a 90% chance that Invest 98L will become our next named storm in the next seven days. According to Mills, areas around the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands will potentially be seeing impacts early this week.

A tropical disturbance in the Atlantic has gained quite a bit of development odds over the last couple of days, according to FOX 13 News Meteorologist Valerie Mills. Mills says there's an 80% chance of development within the next seven days.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Nash Rhodes is keeping an eye on a tropical wave that has a 60% chance of developing over the next week. Rhodes says some models keep the storm gaining strength and staying off the east coast of the United States, if it does develop. Rhodes says Saharan dust still blankets the area, making it difficult for the system to get the tropical moisture around it that it would need to organize and find its footing in the middle of the Atlantic. If the storm does earn a name, it will be called Ernesto. He is also watching what?s left of Debby, which is now a post-tropical cyclone, as it races over the northeast at 37 miles an hour dumping heavy rain on the area.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Nash Rhodes broke down the latest on Tropical Storm Debby, which made a second landfall Thursday morning with slightly weaker status. He broke down the rainfall it left us in Florida and analyzed an area of low pressure that poses a chance of development next week.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is still watching Tropical Storm Debby, which was sitting just off the coast of South Carolina around noon on Wednesday. He says there is a lot of dry air wrapped around the system and that will help weaken the storm, lessening the threat of torrential rain. Weber added that while there will be band of heavy rain, they won?t be as widespread as they could?ve been if there wasn?t all the dry air. However, since Tropical Storm Debby is over warm water, it is strengthening. Winds were at 60 miles an hour Wednesday afternoon and it was moving to the northeast at five miles an hour. Weber said it will eventually make a U-turn and move back toward the coast Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. Weber is also watching another area of interest working its way across the Caribbean. It has a 10% chance of developing over the next week but will not impact Florida.

Debby is bringing a lot of deep tropical moisture to the Southeast as it slowly weakens, according to FOX 13 News Meteorologist Jim Weber. Weber says a slow moving storm always means big rainfall totals.

FOX 13 chief meteorologist Paul Dellegatto has the latest on Tropical Storm Debby as a few rain bands continue moving through the Bay Area. The storm is now impacting northeast Florida along with coastal areas of Georgia and the Carolinas, where potentially catastrophic rainfall is expected.

According to FOX 13 News Meteorologist Jim Weber, Tropical Storm Debby is moving slowly as it works its way through southeastern Georgia. He says if it moves back off the coast over water, there is a chance that it could reintensify. There's also a tropical wave working its way into the Caribbean that is expected to stay well to our south, according to Weber.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg watched Hurricane Debby gain strength before it made landfall in the Big Bend area around 7 a.m. on Monday. The storm was expected to cause life-threatening storm surge in parts of the Sunshine State after it made landfall.