Denis Phillips on Sara’s Florida Impact
The past 24 hours have brought good news when it comes to Tropical Storm Sara. ABC Action News Chief Meteorologist Denis Phillips says all that time spent over dry land will weaken the system quite a bit. But Denis says there’s always that chance that Mother Nature could throw us a curveball. And Florida isn’t getting away completely. Here’s the latest on Sara.
The latest Sara update
Sara is moving west at 9MPH bringing heavy rains to Honduras this weekend. Right now winds are at 45 miles per hour. Denis says the models show Sara fizzling out over the Yucatan over the next couple of days. That’s great news for us in Florida… but we’re not completely out of the woods with this system. While any serious damaging winds and flooding seem out of the forecast, whatever is left of Sara will still head to Florida.
Florida Sara Impacts
Even though we probably won’t get even a tropical storm, Denis thinks we’ll still see some wet weather from the remnants of Sara around Wednesday in the Tampa area. The moisture from the storm will “merge with a strong cold front,” according to Denis. So we’ll still likely see some heavy rain at times midweek. Denis has even has seen a couple models where the storm redevelops but he doesn’t think that’ll happen.
Bonus: cooler weather is on the way after Sara
For those who’ve been waiting for a cool down, you’re in luck. Even this weekend, while Sara is still far to our south, we’ll see cooler temperatures this weekend. When you wake up Saturday and Sunday morning, temps will hover right around 60 and won’t get much higher than 80 in the Tampa area. The bigger cool down is coming after whatever Sara brings. Temperatures might not even reach 70 starting Thursday of next week.
