ET on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 from Dr. Ryan Truchelut who walks us through the impacts on Florida region-by-region. The tropical storm warning for South Florida and the Treasure Coast were canceled Monday as Tropical Storm Eta moves into the Gulf of Mexico. On this faster path, Eta will cross North Florida early on Thursday, spreading gusty winds, brief heavy rain, and coastal surge to portions of the Florida Gulf Coast. November 8, 2020 November 8, 2020 The shift is to the east this time, which puts more of Florida’s Gulf Coast at risk for impacts. Tropical Storm Eta's center is moving near Jacksonville as of 10 a.m, Thursday with its southern outer bands running over Central Florida. As with many disorganized tropical storms, Eta’s effects will be skewed to the east of the circulation center. Tropical Storm Eta made landfall near Cedar Key on Florida’s Gulf Coast early Thursday. Hurricane forecasters were tracking three disturbances Monday morning, including Tropical Storm Eta, which is heading into the Gulf of Mexico near south Florida. A 12-year-old girl died in a mudslide in San Pedro Sula, the main population center in northern Honduras, said Marvin Aparicio, director of the national system of incident commands for Honduras' emergency management agency. Tropical storm Eta pounded central Cuba with torrential rain on Sunday, bursting the banks of rivers and causing flash flooding in some towns before exiting via the island's northern coast and churning on track to the Florida keys. Storm Eta Pounds Cuba With Torrential Rain on Track to Florida By Reuters , Wire Service Content Nov. 8, 2020 By Reuters , Wire Service Content Nov. 8, 2020, at 11:13 a.m. Coastal wind gusts in the 50s or lower 60s are likely, with low-end tropical storm force gusts possible east to Sumter and Lake Counties. West of the Apalachicola River, there will be few indications of a nearby tropical storm. The potential track for Eta as of 1 p.m. Wednesday has it making landfall Thursday along Florida’s Nature Coast. Eta grew to a strong Category 1 storm overnight, with … If Eta hits the USA, it would be the record 12th storm to make landfall on the nation's shores this season, joining a list that includes Hurricanes Laura, Sally, Delta and Zeta. Eta moved off the north coast of Cuba and was tracking over the Florida Straits toward the Florida Keys Sunday morning. Dr. Ryan Truchelut is chief meteorologist at WeatherTiger, a Tallahassee start-up providing advanced weather and climate analytics, forensic meteorology and expert witness consulting, and agricultural and hurricane forecasting subscription services. In the past 24 hours, Tropical Storm Eta came to a fork in the Gulf of Mexico and took it, decisively tracking quicker and closer to Florida than earlier forecasts. Eta’s asymmetry and fast motion mean wind gusts are likely to remain below tropical storm strength (39 mph) inland, with a few late morning gusts from the north topping out at perhaps 30 mph in Tallahassee. It is the fourth time the storm has made landfall and the second Florida landfall. All of Florida should see clearing skies by Thursday afternoon, with sunshine continuing through the weekend as the unlucky 13th and hopefully final U.S. landfall of the baffling 2020 hurricane season goes into the books. Overall, the surge impacts for Tampa and north are the most threatening of what Eta has to offer; as always, heed any emergency management action statements and keep a means of receiving alerts with you until the storm passes. These rains will be more persistent in the eastern Big Bend, but mostly total 1 inch or less. Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys at Lower Matecumbe Key on Sunday night at 11 p.m. EST. The National Hurricane Center says Eta has reached Category 1 hurricane strength. Offshore winds mean no surge issues. Eta’s track is, quite literally, a major question mark as it traces a sinuous path through the Caribbean and Gulf over the next week. For more information, visit us at weathertiger.com or get in touch at ryan@weathertiger.com. As of the 4 … As I mentioned yesterday, Eta’s track forecast was closely tied to how much it strengthened into Wednesday. Heavy rainfall and tropical storm force gusts will diminish south of Tampa into early Thursday. Tropical Storm Eta: Live forecast update for Nov. 11, 2020. Overnight, Eta’s center jumped northeast due to a powerful convective burst, which briefly lifted it back to Category 1 hurricane intensity. Tropical Storm Eta was moving west-southwest over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and maintaining 50-mph winds, according to the 4 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Eta … Since then, more modest convection has been pulsing and fading, mostly north and east of the center, while the low-level center itself is exposed. As of 10 a.m. Monday, Eta was moving southwest at … Eta storm: Record-breaking tropical system approaches Florida. There is also a risk of some tornadoes in bands east of Eta’s center. Eta will reach the Florida Gulf Coast in the vicinity of Cedar Key around daybreak on Thursday, or perhaps slightly farther north near Steinhatchee with faster weakening. Aircraft reports confirm central pressures are rising, and Eta will keep weakening into landfall due to shear, dry air, and the tepid sea surface temperatures of the northeast Gulf. The peninsular Gulf Coast has already been experiencing heavy weather in the last 12 to 24 hours, including gusts in the 50 to 60 mph from Tampa south to Naples. Eta could push ocean levels as high as 5 feet (1.5 meters) above normal in Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor, the A hurricane watch has been issued for Florida's west coast as Tropical Storm Eta continued to strengthen. The current track for Eta continues to keep all of South Florida in its path. Tuesday’s overnight round of intensification and the eastward reformation of the center early on Wednesday allowed Eta to connect with the strong steering currents associated with a dip in the Jet Stream over the east-central U.S. Heavy rains also were likely in eastern Guatemala, southern Belize and Jamaica. TRACK, SATELLITE: Computer models show Hurricane Eta tracking to Florida click orlando | 11-03 ORLANDO, Fla. – Hurricane Eta began moving ashore in Nicaragua on Tuesday with devastating winds and rains that had already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow, and some current computer models show the powerful storm tracking toward Florida in the coming days. Bone dry air is flooding the western half of the storm, so any rainfall will be brief and minimal in the western Panhandle. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. After lashing Central America, Tropical Storm Eta is predicted to take aim on southern Florida over the weekend and into early next week, forecasters said. Corrugated metal roofing and uprooted trees were scattered through its streets. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Though it is too soon to determine the exact timing, magnitude and location of possible impacts from wind and rainfall, forecasters warned Florida residents to monitor the progress of Eta through the week. The storm is currently about 170 miles south-southwest of Tampa and has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Eta could take a zigzagging path from its point of landfall in Central America to Cuba, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico – a trek that could go on for days, AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said. An archival report from the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Mitch led to the deaths of more than 9,000 people. Eta has weakened to a tropical storm just hours after regaining hurricane strength as Florida braces for a second hit from the storm. The National Weather Service in Miami warned residents an extended period of … Eta made landfall at 4 a.m. EST Thursday near Cedar Key, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 9 p.m. CST Sunday, the center of Tropical Storm Eta was located about 40 miles east of Marathon in the Florida Keys, or 80 miles east of Key … Season won't end:November hurricanes are rare, but not this year. With Eta generally following the Suwannee River through noon Thursday, even the Big Bend is likely to see modest impacts west of the circulation center. Some higher gusts are also possible close to the immediate coast. Here is the latest on Tropical Storm Eta as of 9 p.m. The USA may not be done with hurricane season just yet. Inland North Florida from the Suwannee River east to Daytona Beach and north to Jacksonville will catch the dirty side of Eta late in the overnight hours through early afternoon Thursday. Computer models predicted Eta making landfall early Thursday north of Tampa and tracking … On the forecast track, the center of Eta is moving away Monday from the Florida Keys and South Florida and is no longer forecast to briefly strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane… Conditions are deteriorating ahead of Tropical Storm Eta's projected landfall somewhere along Florida's Nature Coast. The entire Florida Gulf Coast remains on alert for a second round of impacts from Eta, potentially stretching from Thursday into the weekend. Tropical Storm Eta continues to lash South Florida and the Florida Keys with strong winds and heavy rains on Monday morning, with forecasters warning of … Forecasters are warning Florida residents to monitor the progress of Eta through the week. Eta was the 12th named storm to make landfall in the … Contributing: Cheryl McCloud, Naples Daily News; Associated Press writers Marlon González in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Christopher Sherman in Mexico City. The storm has been drenching neighboring Honduras with rain since at least Sunday, and the country reported its first death attributed to Eta early Tuesday. This graphic from the National Hurricane Center shows Hurricane Eta's track … Per the 4 p.m. NHC advisory, maximum sustained winds in Eta have dropped to 70 mph, with the center of circulation located about 75 miles west-southwest of St. Petersburg, moving just east of north at around 12 mph. The storm weakened from a hurricane into a tropical storm but was moving so slowly and dumping so much rain that much of Central America was on high alert for flooding. A hurricane watch that had been posed along Florida’s west coast was dropped. The city of about 60,000 had been without power since Monday evening. Eta is the 28th named Atlantic storm this season, tying the 2005 record, according to Philip Klotzbach, meteorologist at Colorado State University who specializes in Atlantic basin hurricane forecasts. Inland, about 100 miles west of where Eta made landfall, two gold miners were killed when a mountainside unleashed tons of mud Tuesday morning. Shortly after peaking early on Wednesday as a Category 1, Eta lost most of its intense convection as increasing southwesterly shear brought an incursion of dry air into the core of the hurricane. Eta came ashore Tuesday afternoon south of the Nicaraguan city of Bilwi as a powerful Category 4 hurricane after stalling off the coast for hours. Tropical Storm Eta is predicted to take aim on southern Florida over the weekend and into early next week. Florida News Home » Hurricane Forecast Florida Tropical Storm Eta HURRICANE CENTER: Eta To Hit South Florida, Warnings, Watches Posted. Let’s break down what impacts different regions of Florida can expect over the next 12 to 24 hours. November hurricanes are rare, but not this year, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Eta was holding steady as a hurricane Wednesday morning but, according to the National Hurricane Center’s, Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft found Eta … As of the 10 am advisory by the Nationa Hurricane Center on Thursday, the track has shifted a bit more west, which places Eta over the Florida Straits early next week. These winds will drive up to three to five feet or storm surge from Tampa Bay north to Cedar Key. Expect intermittent bands ahead of steadier rainfall arriving before dawn and clearing from south to north by late morning, with overall rainfall totals on the order of 1-2 inches. Eta will quickly drop below tropical storm intensity Thursday as it races inland up the Suwannee River Valley. Eta made landfall early Thursday morning near Cedar Key. The National Weather Service in Miami warned residents of the potential for heavy rain and flooding in South Florida starting Thursday night and lasting through Monday. A nice day. The only thing this weird hurricane season lacked until now was a strange track. Forecasters said central and northern Nicaragua and much of Honduras could get 15 to 25 inches of rain; 35 inches was possible in isolated areas. South Florida got more rain from Tropical Storm Eta, which made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast early Thursday. In the past 24 hours, Tropical Storm Eta came to a fork in the Gulf of Mexico and took it, decisively tracking quicker and closer to Florida than earlier forecasts. Tropical Storm Eta’s next move is becoming a bit clearer, and the forecast track has again shifted. After lashing Central America, Tropical Storm Eta is predicted to take aim on southern Florida over the weekend and into early next week, forecasters said. The quantities of rain expected drew comparisons to 1998's Hurricane Mitch, one of the most deadly Atlantic hurricanes in history. Off-and-on rainfall (more off than on) will continue in bands overnight and into mid-morning, ending by noon. Eta continued to spin across northern Nicaragua on Wednesday after lashing the Caribbean coast for much of Tuesday, isolating remote communities and setting off deadly landslides in two countries that killed at least three people. Bands of rain and gusty winds from Eta … A third miner escaped the slide and sought help. For the Nature Coast, the worst of Eta will come overnight and tail off around sunrise as Eta makes landfall. The track for Eta keeps all of southern Florida in its path. By 4 a.m. Thursday, Eta was 5 miles east of Cedar Key, moving northeast at 13 mph with 50 mph winds. Watches and warnings are in effect for parts of Florida related to Hurricane Eta. Expect a landfall intensity in the ballpark of 50 mph, with these low-end tropical storm force winds mostly east of the center. Eta came ashore Tuesday afternoon south of the Nicaraguan city of Bilwi as a powerful Category 4 hurricane. Keep watching the skies. Eta is the record-breaking 12th named tropical system to hit the continental U.S. during the active 2020 hurricane season. Tracking Eta: The storm's spaghetti models, Map: See flooding advisories and water levels. 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