First Alert Weather Team tracking storms locally; tropical wave in the Atlantic

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The First Alert Weather Team is monitoring a tropical wave in the Atlantic as well as storms on Wednesday.

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Here’s what you can expect:

• Temperatures well into the 90s on Wednesday helping to fuel storms that will move south/southeast with a few severe storms possible. Heavy rain/frequent lightning likely, triggered by upper level disturbance and sea breezes.
• Storms will continue until at least sunset but may go to 9 p.m. through 11 p.m. before ending completely.
• Wednesday afternoon’s rain will complement a wet July that’s the 11th wettest on record for Jacksonville so far.

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In the tropics:

• The First Alert Weather Team continues to track a tropical wave now near Puerto Rico.
• Thunderstorms have started to develop in the wave’s vicinity and low pressure should follow within the next day or two.
• A tropical depression or storm may develop by the weekend somewhere not too far from Florida.
• Still appears, right now, to be relatively minor impacts on Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, if any impacts at all.
• If the storm is named, the next name on the list is “Debby.”
• Monitor “Talking the Tropics with Mike” for the latest updates.

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