Ray Hawthorne
Ray Hawthorne was a Meteorologist and Digital Media Coordinator for FPREN from 2019-2021.
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FPRENGusty winds and widespread rain are anticipated over much of the state Friday into Saturday. Coastal flooding is also likely along a portion of the Atlantic coast. -
Meteorologist Megan Borowski/FPRENAfternoon highs are on track to approach or achieve their daily records, especially Thursday and Friday mainly over the interior and Gulf side of the peninsula.
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Swells from Major Hurricane Sam are expected along Atlantic Beaches into the weekend as it spins well offshore. -
Hurricane Sam is not expected to reach the U.S. coast, but beachgoers will feel the effects in the form of swell starting in a day or two. -
Powerful Hurricane Sam is expected to stay at sea, but swells from it could reach the Atlantic beaches in time for the weekend. -
Hurricane Sam reached category 4 status late Saturday afternoon. It is the fourth Atlantic hurricane to achieve major hurricane status in 2021. -
Tropical Depression Eighteen formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean Wednesday afternoon and is likely to become a long-lived hurricane. It is not possible yet to be confident this storm will turn out to sea like Peter and Rose, or Hurricane Larry before it. -
The Tropical Atlantic has had no shortage of tropical storms in recent days. -
The remnant of what was once Hurricane Nicholas has dissipated over Louisiana, but the moisture out ahead of it remains and will contribute to wet conditions over a large portion of the state this weekend. -
Flash Flood Watches continue thanks to heavy rain bands from Tropical Depression Nicholas. -
The risk of flash flooding is expected to spread eastward along the Gulf coast from what was once Hurricane Nicholas. -
Tropical Storm Nicholas is much closer to the Texas coast Monday, and with it will come a high potential for flash flooding.
