A tropical depression has formed off the Southeast U.S. coast on July 4, the National Hurricane Center said, as a tropical storm watch has been issued for portions of the South Carolina coastline.
The depression is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Chantal, becoming the third named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season this holiday weekend. A tropical storm watch has been issued from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to Little River Inlet, South Carolina, the hurricane center said.
Listen - tropicals are nothing to take lightly. I know, having been through about 30 of 'em the last 40 years or so. Storms like this have maximum sustained surface winds between 39 and 73 mph. They develop over warm tropical or subtropical ocean waters with temperatures at least 26.5°C. These storms are warm-core, non-frontal systems with organized deep convection and a closed surface wind circulation around a well-defined center. The direction of rotation is influenced by the 'Coriolis effect'.
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as a a southern gulf coast resident , i can tell you that its not the wind so much as the water. the water will kill you. if flooding is forcasted for your area get out yesterday!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm still repairing damage and paying the bills from hurricane Milton. All I got from FEMA is a thick folder of useless paperwork and a lot of lost time on the telephone and visiting their temporary local office (in the MLK area of course).
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, a large number of houses in my coastal Florida neighborhood and all around the area still have damaged roofs covered with blue Tarps.