Current Snapshot

The Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Monday, August 21, 2023, Tropical Cyclone Activity Report…for the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico

CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES:

Tropical Cyclone 06L (Gert)…is located about 320 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands

Tropical Cyclone (Franklin)…is located about 275 miles south of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Tropical Cyclone 09L (Harold)…is located about 195 miles east-southeast of Port Mansfield, Texas

Tropical Cyclone 06L (Gert)

GERT HOLDING ON AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE…COULD DISSIPATE OR BECOME POST TROPICAL AT ANY TIME

According to the NHC Advisory number 11…

The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h). Gert or its remnants should turn northwestward overnight or tomorrow.

Maximum sustained winds are near 30 mph (45 km/h) with higher gusts.
Gert could dissipate at any time.

Tropical Cyclone 09L (Franklin)

FRANKLIN MOVING SLOWLY

According to the NHC Advisory number 6A…

Franklin is moving toward the north-northwest near 5 mph (7 km/h). Franklin has been meandering in the eastern Caribbean tonight. Franklin should turn northward on Tuesday with this general motion continuing into Wednesday. On the forecast track, the center of Franklin is forecast to reach the southern coast of Hispaniola by on Wednesday.

Maximum sustained winds remain near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast before Franklin reaches Hispaniola.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) from the center.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

RAINFALL: Franklin is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches, with isolated higher amounts of 6 inches, across Puerto Rico through the middle of the week. Rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches, with isolated higher amounts up to 15 inches, will be possible across portions of Hispaniola.

WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected to begin within the warning area on Tuesday and are possible within the watch area beginning late Tuesday into Wednesday.

STORM SURGE: A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 1 to 3 feet above ground level along the immediate coast near and to the east of where the center makes landfall in Hispaniola.

Tropical Cyclone 09L (Harold)

TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS…FORECAST TO BRING TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY

According to the NHC advisory number 3A…

The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mph (30 km/h). This general motion is expected to continue through Tuesday, and the system is forecast to move inland over south Texas by mid-day Tuesday.

Maximum sustained winds remain near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast, and the system is expected to become a tropical storm before it reaches the Texas coast.

>>> Eastern Tropical Atlantic…

Disorganized showers and thunderstorms located a few hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands are associated with a tropical wave.

Environmental conditions appear generally conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week while it moves west-northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…40 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…high…70 percent

>>> Central Tropical Atlantic…

The remnants of former Tropical Storm Emily are located over the central tropical Atlantic about 1300 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands with minimal associated shower activity.

Environmental conditions could become more conducive for
re-development of this system late this week or this weekend when the system moves northward over the subtropical central Atlantic.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent