Tropical Storm Sara has formed in the Caribbean with maximum sustained winds of 40mph.
Data from the Hurricane Hunters found that winds are strong enough to support Tropical storm status. Tropical Storm Sara continues to move to the west at 10 mph.
The latest guidance suggest that Tropical Storm Sara will dissipate over the Yucatan peninsula and what emerges from that land passage might not meet the criteria for a tropical system.
High pressure building across the northern Gulf this weekend will keep Sara meandering across the western Caribbean through the weekend. Then a dip in the jet stream could scoop the remnants of Sara northward into the Gulf of Mexico by Monday or Tuesday.
Even though hurricane season is in the process of winding down, it's not unheard of to get impactful storms in the month of November. The most recent ones were Nicole in 2022 and Eta in 2020. Both made landfall in Florida. Since 1851, only one hurricane has made landfall in Florida after November 20, which was Hurricane Kate back in 1985.
The latest trends are encouraging for Southwest Florida.
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