The National Hurricane Center believes the Low Pressure System over the Yucatan will strengthen into a Tropical Depression within the next 48 hours. It also has a chance of strengthening into a Tropical Storm. As such, the Hurricane Center may issue Tropical Storm Watches later today. The Hurricane Center believes the weather impact may be felt in South Florida late Friday. Please continue to monitor the storm as it approaches.
Hurricane Tax Holiday
Now through June 10th, take advantage of the Tax Free Holiday to purchase key disaster preparedness items tax free. These items include:
- $1,000 or less
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- $100 or less
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- Ground anchor systems
- Portable pet kennels
- $70 or less
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- Fire extinguishers
- Carbon monoxide detectors
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- Portable power banks
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- Gas or diesel fuel tanks
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- AA-cell
- AAA-cell
- C-cell
- D-cell
- 6-volt
- 9-volt
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- Pet beds
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- $20 or less
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- Pet pads
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Thu Jun 2 2022
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Near the Yucatan Peninsula and Southeastern Gulf of Mexico:
A broad area of low pressure located over the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and Yucatan Peninsula. Despite strong upper-level winds, this system is likely to become a tropical depression or tropical storm while it moves slowly northeastward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico during the next day or two. Interests in western Cuba, the Florida Keys, and the Florida Peninsula should monitor the progress of this system, and tropical storm watches or warnings could be required for some of these areas later today.
Regardless of development, areas of heavy rainfall are likely across portions of the Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba during the next day or so, spreading across southern and central Florida and the Florida Keys Friday and Friday night, and the northwestern Bahamas on Saturday. These heavy rains could cause scattered to numerous flash floods across South Florida and the Florida Keys.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…high…80 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…high…80 percent.
