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Saturday’s tropical update

Posted at 9:44 AM, Aug 27, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-27 09:44:11-04

RICHMOND, Va. -- The tropics are active with multiple disturbances that we are watching.

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  • Gaston in the central Atlantic and is expected to become a hurricane, but it will stay east of Bermuda.
  • A disturbance over the western Gulf is not expected to develop much, but will provide rainfall for the western Gulf states.
  • The disturbance over the southern Bahamas will track westward into the Gulf of Mexico.  It has been encountering a lot of wind shear, but should move into an area that is slightly more favorable for development.
  • A new disturbance is located west of Bermuda.  Computer models bring this system westward towards the Carolinas later next week, but it is still too early to tell if this will develop into a depression or named storm.

Additional details are available in the CBS 6 Hurricane Tracker.