Friday is going to feel like a completely different season. Sunshine will be with us all day, and afternoon temperatures will climb into the low 70s. A light breeze will keep things comfortable, but you’ll want to have a jacket handy Friday evening. Once the sun sets, those temperatures will quickly slide through the 60s and back into the 50s. Friday night football is a go, with zero issues from the weather this week.
Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression Monday morning, after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm a day prior in Louisiana and ginned up dangerous weather farther east, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida.
A storm that appears to be headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast regained tropical storm force Friday while drenching southern Mexico and Central America.
Cristobal is now on a collision course with the Gulf Coast.
South Carolina has already been affected by one named storm before the official start of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, but state and county officials say this year’s preparations have been a bit different thanks to the unique challenges presented by the coronavirus outbreak.
Fortunately, this celestial star-slayer will keep a safe distance from our planet.
Newly formed Cristobal could impact the Gulf Coast as soon as this weekend.
South Carolina may have been hit by surprise Tropical Storm Bertha several days ago, but the state’s hurricane preparedness week is getting ready to start.
As hurricane season starts Monday, most of North Carolina’s coastal counties are grappling with shortfalls or concerns about equipment and resources as they balance the dual threat of tropical weather and the COVID-19 pandemic.
