Tropical disturbance continues slowly drifting toward South Florida

[mfcorey1]

MIAMI - A tropical disturbance centered between The Bahamas and South Florida is slowly drifting toward the state. The chances have increased that it will eventually organize into a tropical depression or tropical storm, but that will most likely happen later in the weekend as it pulls away to the northeast.

The tropical disturbance we have been watching is getting a little better organized as it drifts toward South Florida. The disturbance has already been throwing quick downpours across the state, but the bulk of the moisture is on the east side -- the other side -- of the system. As it moves closer Friday, part of that moisture is expected to rotate over the southern part of the state, meaning the possibility of heavy rain is in the forecast.

https://www.local10.com/weather/norcross/tropical-disturbance-continues-slowly-drifting-toward-south-florida

[nitpicker]

1. The latest from NHC

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on
Post-Tropical Cyclone Chantal, located several hundred miles west of
the Azores.

1. A broad area of low pressure located inland over South Florida
continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and
thunderstorms that extend eastward over the northwestern Bahamas
and the adjacent Atlantic waters. Significant development of the
low is unlikely today while it drifts northward over the southern
Florida peninsula. Environmental conditions appear conducive to
support gradual development once the low moves off the east-central
coast of Florida over the western Atlantic by Sunday, and a tropical
or subtropical depression is likely to form early next week while
the system moves northeastward offshore of the southeastern United
States coast.

Regardless of development, locally heavy rains are possible over the
northwestern Bahamas and the southern and central Florida peninsula
through the weekend. Interests in the northwestern Bahamas, the
Florida peninsula, and the southeastern coast of the United States
should monitor the progress of this system. The Air Force Reserve
Hurricane Hunter aircraft scheduled to investigate the system later
today could be postponed if the center of the low remains inland
over Florida. Another aircraft is scheduled to investigate the
system on Sunday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
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