The 2020 hurricane season continues its tropical aggression as Tropical Storm Eta, the 28th hurricane of the season, Central America hit With torrential rain and whipping winds. Central America is usually the graveyard for hurricanes – but not Eta. Increasingly, forecasters are worried that Eta will return to warm Caribbean waters and then move to Florida this week.
Right now, Eta is slowly weakening on the ground, but it is expected to move into the Caribbean on Friday and head northeast. Models have been shown to reconfigure the system, with some modest reorganizations this weekend on the Cuban and Florida Straits north of Cuba. At least two more landfills are likely to fall on the route: Cuba on Sunday and South South Florida on Monday.
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As of Wednesday afternoon, the tropical storm Ata is located in the hinterland near the Honduras-Nicaragua border, continuing westward into Central America. The system predicts that tropical stress will weaken further, but will continue to rain continuously and cause flash flooding.
Later this week, Eta will begin to feel the effects of its high-level steering to the north, causing the hurricane to make a hard turn, and push it back into the northern northern Caribbean waters. While some intensity is likely, it will be limited, at least initially, as Eta will have to deal with a bit of dry air, high-level wind scissors, interaction with Cuban soil, and limited time.
By Saturday, the system would have overtaken Cuba as a tropical storm, and then move south to Florida. It is still uncertain how strong Eta will be and to what degree this hurricane will affect South Florida. This is likely to be either a strong tropical storm or a low-end hurricane. Some models show direct hits, while others spread glitter on the Florida Keys.
Regardless of the exact track, Eta will bring a stretch of very wet weather to South Florida from Friday early next week. Depending on the track, more than a foot of rain is expected in some places.
After the storm passed through South Florida, most models show it pulling westward into the Gulf of Mexico early next week. The Gulf waters are still hot enough for Atta to regain power. Although it is too early to know where other landfalls may occur, some guidelines suggest that yet another Gulf Coast landfall fall is possible in the middle of next week.
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