(8/4/12) With Tropical Storm Ernesto still on its way past the Dominican Republic another storm has reached sufficient strength to become a named storm. Tropical Storm Florence is clocking in with maximum sustained wind speeds of 50 mph.
No Coastal Watches or warnings in Effect
At this point Tropical Storm Florence is quite a ways from land. As seen from the image it will be several days before the storm gets anywhere near the DR. In the next day or two it is expected Florence will start moving in western heading building up strength so that it is expected to reach hurricane strength in the same period of time.
While it is pretty early to know for sure it is expected that Tropical Storm Florence will pass to the North of Puerta Rico and the Dominican Republic.
August 5th, 2012 at 9:14 am
As of the 11am AST report Tropical Storm Florence is no longer expected to strengthen. Florence currently has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, and is expected to weaken before it starts to threaten land.
August 6th, 2012 at 5:47 am
Tropical storm Florence weakened to a tropical depression as of the 5am AST summary from the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida