Subtropical Storm Nicole updates: Could become a hurricane when it nears Florida - ABC News

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A tropical tempest and tempest surge warnings are present successful effect on the eastbound seashore of Florida arsenic Subtropical Storm Nicole makes its mode toward the state, according to the National Weather Service.

The NWS warned Monday that Nicole could beryllium arsenic beardown arsenic a hurricane erstwhile it approaches Florida's eastbound seashore aboriginal this week.

The tempest could interaction election week successful the Sunshine State, wherever Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving against Democratic rival Charlie Crist and Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., is trying to unseat Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

DeSantis has declared a authorities of exigency for 34 counties.

The latest way which present brings Nicole ashore connected Wednesday nighttime arsenic a Cat 1 hurricane adjacent Jupiter, FL is seen successful an ABC Weather graphic released astatine 1pm, Nov. 7, 2022.

"While this tempest does not, astatine this time, look that it volition go overmuch stronger, I impulse each Floridians to beryllium prepared," helium said successful a statement. "We volition proceed to show the trajectory and spot of this tempest arsenic it moves towards Florida."

Florida Power & Light is urging customers to hole for powerfulness outages and has activated its exigency effect program up of Nicole's imaginable interaction connected the authorities this week.

"[Hurricane] Ian saturated ungraded and weakened trees successful galore parts of the state, truthful Nicole could origin trees to topple implicit and different vegetation and debris to stroke into overhead powerfulness lines and equipment, which whitethorn origin outages," Eric Silagy, president and CEO of FPL, said successful a statement.

Nicole formed successful the southwestern Atlantic Ocean connected Monday, becoming the 14th named tempest of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends this month. Nicole's halfway volition attack the northwestern Bahamas connected Tuesday, determination adjacent oregon implicit those islands connected Wednesday, past attack eastbound Florida by Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.

Subtropical Storm Nicole could interaction Florida aboriginal this week.

Currently, Nicole wields maximum sustained winds of astir 45 miles per hour, with higher gusts. Winds of 40 mph oregon greater widen outward up to 275 miles to the eastbound of the storm's center.

"Gradual strengthening is forecast during the adjacent fewer days, and Nicole could beryllium adjacent oregon astatine hurricane strength by Wednesday oregon Wednesday nighttime portion it is moving adjacent the northwestern Bahamas," the National Weather Service said successful a nationalist advisory issued Monday morning.

A tropical tempest ticker is present successful effect for the northwestern Bahamas.

Tropical tempest conditions are imaginable successful the northwestern Bahamas by Tuesday nighttime oregon aboriginal Wednesday. A tempest surge could rise h2o levels by arsenic overmuch arsenic 3 to 5 feet supra mean tide levels on the seashore successful areas of onshore winds, according to the National Weather Service.

Hurricane Watches stay successful effect for the Bahamas, and Cape Canaveral to West Palm Beach; Tropical Storm Watches successful Miami and Daytona to South East Ga. shown successful an ABC Weather graphic released astatine 1pm, Nov. 7, 2022.

Nicole is expected to nutrient betwixt 2 and 4 inches of rainfall crossed the northwestern Bahamas Tuesday done Thursday, with a maximum of 6 inches for localized rain. The tempest is expected to bring "heavy rainfall" to parts of Florida and the southeastern United States by mid- to precocious week, the National Weather Service said.

Between 4 and 7 inches of rainfall is imaginable on the eastbound coastline from Florida to the Carolinas. Tropical storm-force winds of 60 to 70 mph are besides successful the forecast, depending however overmuch Nicole strengthens. The tempest could pb to formation erosion, unsmooth surf and rip currents.

Tropical upwind systems person the imaginable to rapidly turn into hurricanes, portion subtropical ones bash not. A subtropical tempest typically generates much rainfall and dense thunderstorms. If a subtropical tempest intensifies capable to person hurricane-force winds, past it has go afloat tropical. There is nary specified happening arsenic a subtropical hurricane, according to the National Weather Service.

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