Tropical Storm Florence Is Expected to Become a Hurricane Again as It Hurls Toward the U.S. Here ’s Where Its Path Is Headed

Hurricane Florence has downgraded to a tropical storm but is expected to regain hurricane status as its path hurls towards the U.S. East Coast in the next week. Florence’s wind speed have decreased and as of Friday the tropical storm has had a maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, down from 140 mph, but is expected to strengthen in the next coming days. Florence is currently 1,600 miles from the East Coast and moving toward Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said. As Florence’s path moves closer to the U.S. coastline in the next week Florence is expected to regain category three hurricane status. It is not yet known if Florence will make landfall. Photo Courtesy CyclocaneTropical Storm Florence Spaghetti Model The first Category 4 hurricane of 2018 of the Atlantic season, Florence formed near the Cabo Verde Islands last weekend. AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski expects high pressures to strengthen Florence. “An area of high pressure over the central Atlantic will bridge westward and join with an existing high pressure near the U.S. East Coast over the next several days,” Kottlowski said. “This setup will guide Florence on a west to northwesterly course into next week.” Florence, which recently became the first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season, is forecast to push close enough to Bermuda and the US East Coast to have indirect impact and may evolve into a serious direct threat: https://t.co/4qWMKGHvWv pic.twitter.c...
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