Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Another Tropical Storm

A second, smaller tropical storm may make landfall in North America this week, following Hurricane Dorian's devastation of the northwest Bahamas.
Tropical Storm Fernand formed in the Gulf of Mexico and has triggered tropical storm warnings across the northeast Mexican coastline, from Barra del Tordo to the mouth of the Rio Grande River at the far-southeastern point of Texas near Brownsville. According to an advisory today (Sept. 3) from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Fernand should bring tropical storm conditions to the region late Wednesday (Sept. 4) or early Thursday (Sept. 5), with rainfall being the most serious threat. Parts of South Texas can also expect significant rain, the center reported. As of 1 pm EDT, Fernand was packing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h).

An image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s GOES-West satellite shows three tropical storms near North America at 1:20 pm EST Sept 3, 2019. From left to right: Hurricane Juliette, a Category 3 storm, is not expected to impact land; Tropical Storm Fernand is expected to landfall in Mexico; Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 2 after its devastation of the northwest Bahamas, has grown in area and is making its way toward Florida.

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