ATLANTA — The 11Alive Weather Impact Team has been watching this developing tropical system in the northwest Caribbean since last week.
The National Hurricane Center is now monitoring a potential tropical cyclone in the western Caribbean sea. The is currently unorganized, but has winds up to 35mph and moving north northwest at 7mph.
The PTC is forecast to move into the Gulf as a tropical storm, then strengthen to a Category 3 Hurricane before making landfall along the panhandle of Florida by Thursday evening.
The storm is forecast to weaken as it moves northward through the state of Georgia, but could have huge impacts on the area depending on the strength and track.
It's still too early to be 100% confident in this track, but the models have been consistent so far. They are very similar in placement of the low as it approaches the coast.
What are the Georgia impacts?
It is also still too early to be specific about Georgia impacts. We do expect some rain moving in Thursday into Friday. We can't be specific on rainfall amounts. There is also the chance for some wind in association with the landfalling tropical system. We will also be monitoring the storm threat.
We will be monitoring all of these potential impacts this week and narrowing down all of these risks. It will be determined by the intensity of the storm, the speed of the storm and the track of the storm. If the system tracks east of Atlanta, our impacts would be less. If it tracks west of Atlanta or through Atlanta, we would see more impacts.
Other tropical development?
There is another tropical wave to watch coming off the coast of Africa. This system has a 70% chance of development.
