SAVANNAH, Ga. () – We’re tracking some patchy fog to start that will lift to feature a partly sunny sky today along with highs around normal in the mid 80s. A front sits stalled off our coast continuing to bring the chance for isolated showers and storms once again for today. 

As we head into tomorrow, we’re going to begin to watch the tropics. The good news is that TD9 is moving MUCH slower than originally anticipiated. This brings in the likelihood that major hurricane Humberto is going to pull it out to sea. This is GREAT news for us! But, some local impacts are still possible as it moves north off our coast over the next few days.

As of the 8am NHC update, Nine is still a Tropical Depression with 35 mph sustained winds and 1007 mb minimum pressure. It is still moving very slowly NNW at 7 mph. It is expected to pick up speed to the NNW later today and continue through Monday. On the forecast track, the center of the system is expected to move across the central and northwestern Bahamas later today and tonight and approach the southeast U.S. coast early this week. Strengthening is expected today and is likely to become Tropical Storm Imelda. Strengthening into a category one hurricane is likely by either late Monday or early Tuesday. But, with it moving so slowly, Nine is expected to be picked up and pulled out to sea by Humberto which is now a major category 4 hurricane. This reduces our impacts, but a reminder that impacts can still be felt well outside the forecast cone. We’re likely to still some some heavy rain bands, gusty wind, and coastal concerns like rip currents, high surf, and possibly some storms surge.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Central Bahamas and portions of the northwestern Bahamas and for the east coast of Florida from the Palm Beach/Martin County Line to the Flagler/Volusia County Line. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect from the northern east coast of Florida up to the Glynn/McIntosh county line in Georgia, just south of our viewing area. A reminder that a Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, within 36 hours. and a Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours. Additional watches or warnings could be required later today.