Subtropical Storm Alberto made landfall in northwest Florida late on Monday afternoon.\u00a0 According to the National Hurricane Center the center of Subtropical Storm Alberto officially made landfall near Laguna Beach, Florida.\u00a0 At 5:00 p.m. the center of Subtropical Storm Alberto was located at latitude 30.3\u00b0N and longitude 85.9\u00b0W which put it about 15 miles (25 km) west-northwest of Panama City, Florida.\u00a0 Alberto was moving toward the north at 9 m.p.h. (15 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 45 m.p.h. (75 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 60 m.p.h. (95 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 994 mb.\u00a0 A Tropical Storm Warning was in effect for the portion of the coast from Aucilla, River, Florida to the border between Florida and Alabama.<\/p>\n
Subtropical Storm Alberto weakened slowly as it approached the coast of northwest Florida.\u00a0 Several factors contributed to the weakening of Alberto.\u00a0 Drier air spiraled into the core of the circulation.\u00a0 The drier air inhibited the development of taller thunderstorms in the eastern and southern quadrants of the circulation.\u00a0 Most of the stronger storms developed north and west of the center of circulation.\u00a0 Daytime heating of the land made the atmosphere more unstable and the instability contributed to the development of thunderstorms in rainbands in those parts of Alberto.\u00a0 Subtropical Storm Alberto also mixed cooler water to the surface as it moved slowly toward the coast of Florida.\u00a0 The Sea Surface Temperature near the coast was about 26\u00b0C before Subtropical Storm Alberto arrived.\u00a0 However, the layer of warmer water was very thin.\u00a0 The winds caused by Alberto mixed the water in the upper levels of the Gulf of Mexico.\u00a0 The mixing brought cooler water to the surface and the Sea Surface Temperature cooled to near 24\u00b0C.\u00a0 The cooler water meant there was less energy to support the circulation around Subtropical Storm Alberto.<\/p>\n
The circulation of Subtropical Storm Alberto will weaken slowly as it moves inland.\u00a0 Winds blowing water toward the coast will continue to produce a storm surge of 3 to 4 feet (1 to 1.3 meters) east of the center of circulation for another 12 to 24 hours.\u00a0 A large surface high pressure system over the Atlantic Ocean will steer Subtropical Storm Alberto slowly toward the north during the next several days.\u00a0 Locally heavy rain could produce flooding as Alberto moves northward.\u00a0 Flood Watches have been issued for areas between the Gulf Coast and the Lower Ohio River Valley.\u00a0 Flood Watches have also been issued for places as far east as the Carolinas and Virginia.\u00a0 The risk of flooding is even greater for locations that already received heavy rain from previous weather systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Subtropical Storm Alberto made landfall in northwest Florida late on Monday afternoon.\u00a0 According to the National Hurricane Center the center of Subtropical Storm Alberto officially made landfall near Laguna Beach, Florida.\u00a0 At 5:00 p.m. the center of Subtropical Storm Alberto was located at latitude 30.3\u00b0N and longitude 85.9\u00b0W which put it about 15 miles (25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[316,317,384,1014,51,98,38,120,118,100,119,1018,99,1013,117,213,122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5930,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5929\/revisions\/5930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}