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Sun And Showers For Florida Today; Watching The Very Busy Tropics

Saturday features good sun to start and periods of showers and storms in the afternoon.  A high risk of dangerous rip currents remains at the Palm Beach County coast, and there’s a moderate rip current risk at the Miami-Dade and Broward beaches.  Minor coastal flooding is likely along both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.  Highs on Saturday will be near 90 degrees.

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Sunday will see mostly sunny skies to start, followed by widespread showers and storms in the afternoon.  Sunday’s highs will be near 90 degrees.

Monday will be breezy and cloudy with periods of showers and storms as we feel the effects of a weak front.  Monday’s highs will be in the upper 80s.

Tuesday will be breezy and sunny, with just the chance of an afternoon shower.  Tuesday’s highs will be mostly in the mid-80s — to kick off South Florida’s version of autumn.

Wednesday’s forecast includes good sun, clouds at times, and a few passing showers.  Highs on Wednesday will be in the mid 80s.

It’s so busy in the tropics that we’ve exhausted the 2020 list of names and have moved on to the Greek alphabet.  Three systems reached tropical storm status on Friday — Wilfred, Alpha, and Beta.  Tropical Storm Wilfred is in the eastern Atlantic, located near 13.1 North, 36.9 West at 5 am Saturday.  Wilfred had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour and was moving west-northwest at 17 miles per hour.  This one should be short-lived and stay out to sea.  The non-tropical low near the Portuguese coast became Subtropical Storm Alpha shortly before landfall.  But Tropical Storm Beta, in the Gulf of Mexico, will be a threat to portions of the Gulf coast.

Tropical Depression # 22 became Tropical Storm Beta late Friday afternoon.  At 5 am Saturday, Beta was located near 26.0 North, 92.5 West, about 290 miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande.  Beta had maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour and was moving north at 8 miles per hour.  Watches are up for the Texas coast eastward into Louisiana.  Beta is forecast to become a hurricane and move slowly along the Texas coast early next week.

Hurricane Teddy is forecast to uncomfortably close to Bermuda on Sunday into Monday, and a tropical storm warning is in effect there.  At 5 am, Teddy was located near 24.9 North, 58.2 West, about 650 miles southeast of Bermuda.  Maximum sustained winds were 125 miles per hour, and Teddy was moving northwest at 14 miles per hour.  Teddy is forecast to weaken to a tropical storm when it reaches the Canadian Maritimes on Tuesday.

Elsewhere, Extra-Tropical Cyclone Paulette has a medium chance of redeveloping some tropical characteristics during the next several days.  And a wave emerging into the eastern Atlantic from the African coast has a low chance of becoming a depression in the next few days.

Donna Thomas has studied hurricanes for two decades. She holds a PhD in history when her experience with Hurricane Andrew ultimately led her to earn a degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. Donna spent 15 years at WFOR-TV (CBS4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale), where she worked as a weather producer with hurricane experts Bryan Norcross and David Bernard. She also produced hurricane specials and weather-related features and news coverage, as well as serving as pool TV producer at the National Hurricane Center during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Donna also served as a researcher on NOAA's Atlantic Hurricane Database Reanalysis Project. Donna specializes in Florida's hurricane history.