Subtropical storm Nicole forms east of Bahamas - NBC2 News

The NBC2 Hurricane Tracking Team is tracking recently formed Subtropical Storm Nicole successful the occidental Atlantic eastbound of the Bahamas. Winds are presently astatine 45 mph, and the tempest is moving northbound northwest astatine 14 mph. 

Nicole is forecast to determination into the southeast seashore of Florida precocious Wednesday arsenic a beardown tropical tempest oregon class 1 hurricane and past crossed the Florida peninsulaThursday and Friday arsenic a tropical storm. 

The large happening to cognize for Southwest Florida is the biggest threats from the tempest successful presumption of wind, rain, and coastal flooding volition beryllium on the Florida eastbound coast, but we’ll apt acquisition tropical tempest conditions successful our area. 

Thursday would beryllium the windiest and rainiest time for our area, and depending connected the exact track of the storm, coastal flooding could hap on the seashore of Southwest Florida. 

It’s important to cognize this strategy would not beryllium thing similar Ian for Southwest Florida. Not adjacent close. But, program connected a mates of days of windy and rainy upwind successful our portion of Florida. 

Now is simply a bully clip to marque definite you wide your gait from arsenic overmuch debris arsenic imaginable and marque definite to enactment updated connected the forecast. 

By Wednesday, immoderate rainfall and gusty winds volition beryllium imaginable arsenic the processing tempest adjacent the Bahamas moves person to the eastbound seashore of Florida. 

Forecast models are successful bully statement Nicole volition caput into the Florida eastbound seashore precocious Wednesday and past northbound up the Florida peninsula Thursday and Friday. 

Count connected the NBC2 First Alert Hurricane Team to support you updated connected the tropics this week arsenic we way what volition apt beryllium different tropical strategy heading for the sunshine state.