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    Hurricane and storm surge warnings were issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast Tuesday morning as potential Tropical Cyclone Nine continues to approach the Florida coastline, the National Hurricane Center said.

    According to the hurricane center’s advisory at 8 a.m. ET, the storm was located about 150 miles west of Grand Cayman with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. The system is moving northwestward at about 9 mph and is expected to continue that motion through Tuesday night, followed by a more rapid northward to north-northeastward motion on Wednesday and Thursday, the NHC said.

    “The center of the system is expected to move over the northwestern Caribbean Sea tonight and then over the eastern Gulf of Mexico Wednesday and Thursday,” the NHC said in the advisory.

    The hurricane is expected to strengthen over the next few days, with the system expected to become a hurricane on Wednesday and strengthen on Thursday as it moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane center said. The next named storm of the 2024 hurricane season is Helene.

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    According to the National Hurricane Center, a storm surge warning has been issued from Indian Pass to Bonita Beach, Florida, including Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor.

    A hurricane warning has been issued for the Gulf Coast of Florida from Englewood north and west to Indian Pass, including Tampa Bay.

    A tropical storm warning has been issued for the Florida Gulf Coast from Indian Pass to the Walton/Bay County line and from north of Bonita Beach to south of Englewood.

    Possible tracker of tropical cyclone nine

    Possible tropical cyclone nine spaghetti models

    Illustrations include a variety of forecasting tools and models, and not all are created equal. The Hurricane Center uses only the four or five best performing models to make its forecasts.

    NHC tracks another system in the Atlantic Ocean

    The hurricane center also reported Tuesday that it is still monitoring another tropical wave near the Cape Verde Islands.

    According to the NHC, the shower and thunderstorm activity associated with the wave has become “more concentrated since yesterday” and conditions appear favorable for gradual development of this system.

    A tropical depression is “likely to develop within a few days” as the system moves westward to west-northwestward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic, the NHC said. The system has an 80 percent chance of forming in the next seven days.

    This story has been updated with new information.

    Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY. You can follow him on X @GabeHauari or email him at [email protected].

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