Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall late Tuesday night along the central Gulf coast just west of the Alabama-Mississippi state line. The storm was estimated to have winds around 70mph when it moved inland just below hurricane strength. The storm has now weakened to a tropical depression over Mississippi.
The remnants of Gordon will track over Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois through the rest of this week and into the upcoming weekend. Around four to eight inches of rain is expected along and near the storm's path. Localized higher amounts are possible.
Farther out in the Atlantic, Hurricane Florence continues to gain strength and is now a category three storm.
Florence is forecast to remain a hurricane for at least the next five days as it takes a northwesterly or west-northwesterly path.
Earlier in the week it appeared Florence would take a turn that would keep it out to sea. However, some of the latest computer model projections show that turn is now not so certain.
Several models have shifted Florence's track to the west into next week. Since Florence's path for next week is now uncertain, all interests from Bermuda to the East Coast of the United States should continue to monitor the storm. Fortunately, since the storm is so far out in the Atlantic, we have plenty of time to do that.
Behind Hurricane Florence, we are also watching an area of showers and storms that moved off the coast of Africa earlier this week. The National Hurricane Center now says there is a 90 percent chance that disturbance will become a tropical depression or tropical storm over the next three to five days. If it becomes a tropical storm, it would be named Helene.
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