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Showers and Storms Sunday; Danny Weakens

By Donna Thomas, SouthFloridaReporter.com Meteorologist, Aug 23, 2015 – South Florida will see early showers and some afternoon storms on Sunday, while Tropical Storm Danny weakens as it approaches the Leeward Islands.  Our Sunday will feature those early showers, highs in the muggy low to mid 90s, and some afternoon storms, mostly inland and in the western suburbs. Look for a few early showers on Monday as school buses roll again, and the first day of school will bring highs mostly in the sticky low 90s and just a stray afternoon storm.  We’ll see some afternoon storms and highs in the low 90s on Tuesday.  Rain chances will increase on Wednesday, and afternoon storms will be in the forecast through Friday, along with summertime highs in the low 90s.

Danny is now a tropical storm and will continue to weaken as it reaches the Leeward Islands.  At 5 am Sunday, Danny was located near 15.8 North, 56.0 West and was moving image2west at 15 miles per hour.  Maximum sustained winds were 50 miles per hour.  Danny continues to weaken as it encounters wind shear and dry air.  Interaction with Puerto Rico and Hispaniola over the next couple of days is forecast to weaken it further to depression strength, but it does pose the threat of mudslides on both islands.  Danny could become a remnant low before reaching Hispaniola, and in any case, its expected to dissipate by Friday, well southeast of South Florida.  We’ll continue to watch Danny to make sure it follows the script.

Elsewhere in the tropics, the wave about 500 miles south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands is looking healthy as it moves quickly westward.  The National Hurricane Center gives it a medium chance of becoming a depression by Tuesday and a high chance of two_atl_0d0reaching that strength within 5 days.  The low northwest of Bermuda has only a low chance of developing, and another wave just coming off the African coast has a low chance of developing over the next couple of days, at least until it reaches areas more favorable for development.


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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.