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Live Tracker: Nicole could grow into hurricane as tropical storm's path nears Florida

Lauren Frias   

Live Tracker: Nicole could grow into hurricane as tropical storm's path nears Florida
This GOES-East GoeColor satellite image taken at 2:36 p.m. EST and provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Nicole approaching toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.NOAA via AP
  • Tropical Storm Nicole is on track to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane as it nears Florida's coast.
  • The NOAA said the storm will "likely" become a hurricane by Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Nicole is on track to become a Category 1 hurricane

Tropical Storm Nicole is "likely" to become a hurricane by Wednesday and is currently on track to pummel the east coast of Florida, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

If and when it does, it will be the first hurricane to make landfall in the month of November since Hurricane Kate struck the state's panhandle in 1985.

As of 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the storm was about 250 miles from the northwestern Bahamas and 360 miles from West Palm Beach, Florida, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Nicole has sustained maximum winds at 65 mph with strong winds extending nearly 400 miles from the center, moving west-southwest at 10 mph.

"We're going to have a very large area of impact, but potentially higher-end impacts as we expect Nicole to intensify into a hurricane as it approaches the Bahamas and the east coast of Florida late Wednesday into Thursday," Michael Brennan, acting Deputy Director at NOAA's National Hurricane Center, said during a video update of the storm on Tuesday.

The NOAA forecasted that the center of the storm will approach the northwestern Bahamas Tuesday night, moving near or over the islands on Wednesday.

It is also expected to approach the east coast of Florida on Wednesday night or early Thursday before moving across central and northern Florida into southern Georgia on Thursday.

Hurricane warnings are in effect in Palm Beach County up through Volusia County in Florida

Hurricane warnings are in effect in Palm Beach County up through Volusia County in Florida
Beachgoers are shown as tropical storm Nicole approaches the state in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2022.      Joe Skipper/Reuters

Hurricane warnings are in effect throughout parts of Florida as residents are still left reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in September.

Schools in Miami-Dade and Broward counties will be closed Wednesday ahead of the storm, the Miami Herald reported.

"Nicole is a formidable storm that will have major impacts all along the southeastern U.S. coastline, not only near the center," the National Weather Service tweeted Monday afternoon. "Coastal flooding, large waves and rip currents will extend from the tip of FL to NC."

The storm is expected to bring as much as eight inches of rain to the northwest Bahamas, as well as up to six inches to areas along the Blue Ridge Mountains.

In a 7 p.m. advisory on Tuesday, officials warned of flash and urban flooding "with possible renewed river rises on the St. Johns River, across the Florida Peninsula on
Wednesday and Thursday."

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