Hometown News The National Hurricane Center has released the 11am ET coordinates for Tropical Storm Chris. 17.30N 60.30W Maximum winds are still at 40 mph and the storm is moving WNW at 10 mph. The lastest track takes the storm a little more south toward the southernmost tip of Florida. At this point, conditions still remain fairly unfavorable for strengthening.
And so it begins. I am still too beaten up by the family tragedy of this weekend to really comment at length, but then again I do not need to for my local audience. The first adrenaline spike of the season has arrived, and like everyone else here I cannot escape the backbeat of fear and unease that accompanies it. Wish us luck. (regular programming will resume Tuesday evening)
Tropical Storm Alberto, the 2006 hurricane season’s first named storm, was located in the eastern Gulf of Mexico as of early Monday, slowly making its way toward the central or northern Florida coast, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Alberto, located about 240 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida, was still moving north-northeast at about 8 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph.
A turn to the northeast and some additional strengthening was expected over the next 24 hours.