After bashing the Cayman Islands, western and central Cuba, southern and central Florida and the northern Bahamas with heavy rains and sustained gusty winds, Philippe, the once a Tropical Storm has now sped away into the Atlantic.
With this, the conditions have eased in part of Florida and the Bahamas. As per the latest advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), as of 4 p.m. CDT, Sunday, Philippe was centered at about 290 miles south of Cape Hatteras, moving at a speed of 46 mph towards north-northwest.
Substantial rain on Saturday had made the National Weather Service in Miami extend a surge watch to incorporate parts of South Florida, CBS Miami revealed. Segments of South Florida, including beachfront Collier, inland Collier, and terrain Monroe were encouraged to avoid potential risk. The surge watch stretched out until 4 a.m. Sunday.
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But now categorized as ‘the remnants of Philippe’ the storm had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Moreover, all the storm warnings issued for Florida now stands canceled by the National Hurricane Center. While moving northeast at a speed of 32 mph, the storm’s center is estimated at about 100 miles east of Vero Beach.
Forecasters say Philippe has an inadequately composed structure, yet the storm is relied upon to get speed as it travels upper east and conceivably fortify before it converges with a front ready to clear through South Florida on Sunday, however that is not anticipated that would occur until after it passes east of Florida.
After Tropical Storm Philippe dropped a few crawls of rain and brought forth awful storms that harmed a few homes Saturday night, the climate is required to quickly enhance today. Highs are expected to reach close to 80, yet by mid-evening, rain chances drop to almost zero. Temperatures are required to drop to close to 70 by dusk and almost 50 later today around evening time.
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