PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Storms caused flooding on Sunday night in some areas of South Florida, as Local 10 News Weather Authority meteorologists were tracking a tropical wave pushing west in the central Atlantic Ocean.
A video showed the flooding rising near the LoanDepot Park in Miami’s Little Havana.
There will be more rain on Monday when it is too early to tell if the tropical wave is a threat to South Florida. The Saharan dust is a hostile factor against its formation. The forecast will likely be more defined on Wednesday.
According to The National Hurricane Center, an “area of disturbed weather” could interact with the tropical wave, and the mid-week chance of formation will be 20%.
The wave will continue approaching the Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles islands while shifting northwest toward the Greater Antilles — where the warmer conditions increase its formation potential to 40% to 60%.
Michael Lowry, The Weather Authority’s hurricane specialist and storm surge expert, warned that this year’s higher water temperatures increase the chances of a tropical cyclone quickly strengthening from a depression, into a storm, and hurricane.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs through Nov. 30.
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