FORT LAUDERDALE – Tropical Storm Elsa formed over the tropical Atlantic on Thursday morning and is expected to cause heavy rains that may lead to isolated flash flooding and mudslides in the Caribbean.
South Florida remains in the forecast cone and could be affected by the storm on Tuesday morning.
Still, CTN News meteorologist Jaclyn St James said the cone of concern is large and we still have a lot of time for the forecast to change.
She said South Florida has a 50% to 60% chance of rain Thursday afternoon, but drier weather is forecast for this weekend.
According to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach, Elsa is the earliest fifth named storm on record, beating out last year’s Eduardo which formed on July 6.
St James said we typically would see an E named storm around the end of July or early August.
The National Hurricane Center says Elsa had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph with higher gusts and was 865 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands.
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