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Tracking Tropical Storm Zeta; Florida East Coast Remains Under Flood Watch

Sunday features good sun in the morning along the Gulf coast and lots of clouds on a brisk breeze in the east coast metro area.  Showers and storms will be around, especially in the east coast metro area, where a flood watch is in effect until Monday evening.  A high risk of dangerous rip currents remains at the Atlantic beaches through Wednesday.  Highs on Sunday will be in the mid-80s.

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Monday will bring mostly sunny skies with periods of showers and storms.  Monday’s highs will be in the mid-80s in the east coast metro area and the upper 80s along the Gulf coast.

Tuesday will feature lots of sun and a few showers in spots.  Tuesday’s highs will be mostly in the upper 80s.

Wednesday will be sunny with a sometimes gusty ocean breeze.  Wednesday’s highs will be in the mid to upper 80s.

Thursday’s forecast includes lots of sun and a few showers in spots.  Highs on Thursday will be in the upper 80s.

In the tropics, the disturbance in the western Caribbean is now Tropical Storm Zeta.  At 5 am Sunday, Zeta was located near 17.7 North, 83.5 West, about 295 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico.  Maximum sustained winds were 40 miles per hour.  Zeta was crawling north at 1 mile per hour.  A tropical storm warning is in effect for Pinar del Rio in Cuba, and a tropical storm watch is up for portions of the Yucatan.  Zeta is forecast to strengthen and make landfall along the northern Gulf coast on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, Hurricane Epsilon is expected to transition into a strong post-tropical cyclone on Sunday.  At 5 am, Epsilon was located near 42.8 North, 53.7 West, and was racing northeast at 30 miles per hour.  Maximum sustained winds were 75 miles per hour.

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.