Storm Erika Likely to Weaken or Collapse Saturday

By John Heatherly

“Erika is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression on Saturday,” Jack Beven, a senior hurricane specialist at the center in Miami, wrote in a forecast. “Erika could dissipate to a trough of low pressure during or after its passage over Hispaniola.”

It looks as if this may be an uneventful hurricane season for Florida after all? We should know by next week!

Bloomberg reports: Tropical Storm Erika, which killed at least 20 people on the Caribbean island of Dominica, weakened and is forecast to fall to a tropical depression Saturday or dissipate as it crosses the mountains of Hispaniola, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Erika, which is bringing rains and gusty winds to the Dominican Republic, was about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Port Au Prince, Haiti, with top winds of 45 miles per hour, the Miami-based center said in an advisory at 8 p.m. New York time. Its winds were forecast to drop below storm strength, and it was losing its structure.

“Erika is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression on Saturday,” Jack Beven, a senior hurricane specialist at the center in Miami, wrote in a forecast. “Erika could dissipate to a trough of …read more

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