National Hurricane Center Issues Advisory For Strengthening Gaston
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Tropical Storm Gaston is picking up steam and could become a hurricane sometime this weekend as the National Hurricane Center tracks two other disturbances near Florida.
Tropical Storm #Gaston advisory 20 issued. #Gaston strengthens a little https://t.co/VqHn0uj6EM
— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) August 27, 2016
At 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Gaston's center of the system was about 700 miles east-southeast of Bermuda.
Maximum sustained winds increased to 70 mph with tropical storm-force winds extending outward up to 150 miles from the center.
Gaston is moving toward the northwest at 10 mph and there are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
Between the northern coast of Cuba and Andros Island in the Bahamas, a weak area of low pressure continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms, mainly to the south and east of its center, moving west-northwestward through the Straits of Florida at about 10 mph.
Heavy rains are likely to continue over portions of eastern and central Cuba Saturday. Gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall are likely over portions of the Bahamas, and will spread into parts of southern Florida and the Florida Keys by Sunday.
Another broad area of low pressure is located about 140 miles southwest of Bermuda and is producing winds of 30 to 35 mph. Shower and thunderstorm activity has not become any better organized during the past few hours, and significant development of this system is likely to be slow to occur due to the proximity of dry air during the next couple of days while it moves westward and then west-northwestward at about 10 mph toward the coast of North Carolina.
NHC watching three disturbances & Tropical Storm Gaston this morning over Atlantic basin. https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/y4eWT0mqcg
— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) August 27, 2016
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