Two storms brewing in the Atlantic, Ernesto and Florence with a potential third tracking behind Florence.

August 7, 2012
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UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click title for 12 hour loop - thank you)

Ernesto is the storm in the Caribbean. Its reach extends into the Pacific. It is a huge storm.

Ernesto Holding Steady with 65 mph Winds (click here)
Published: Aug. 6, 2012 at 11:38 PM

MIAMI, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- People on the Belize coast and the east coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula were warned to hunker down ahead of Tropical Storm Ernesto, U.S. forecasters said.
At 11 p.m. EDT Monday, Ernesto was about 265 miles east of Isla Roatan, Honduras, and about 365 miles east of Belize City. The storm, with sustained winds of 65 miles per hour and higher gusts, was moving to the west-northwest at 13 miles per hour....

Currently there are bands of Ernesto reaching nearly to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. Southern Florida will definitely receive high winds from this storm. Tides and rip currents are probably already building along the Gulf of Mexico. It will most likely follow the direct sun rays into Mexico, but, it will fuel again once it crosses the Yucatan Peninsula.

Storms Pop Up Over Central Florida (click here) 

Yep. This was yesterday evening, though. Ernesto is no joke.

Last Updated: Monday, August 06, 2012 @ 04:46PM

ORLANDO - Showers and thunderstorms pop up over Central Florida Monday afternoon as a good deal of moisture remains in the area.

Lots of moisture remains in the wake of a tropical wave, giving us a 60 percent chance of rain today. Highs will range from 88 at the beaches to 93 inland....

Ernesto could be on a trajectory for Southern Texas.

Florence is headed for South Carolina. There is a tropical depression of sorts off New Jersey - Delaware, it will prevent Florence from turning north at this point.

There is also two turbulent areas just north of the Florence path. They could consolidate and fuel Florence more. I mention that simply because that is very close to land and it would not allow much time for emergency considerations. It just needs to be watched and anticipated.

August 6, 2012

“Ernesto could become a hurricane tonight,” (click here) the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 6, 2012. The storm was headed in the direction of the Yucatán Peninsula, traveling at roughly 12 miles (19 kilometers) per hour....