While Florida may not see a hurricane anytime soon, more flooding is forecast for the state.
Winds blowing from the northeast and moving through the area are keeping more threatening storms away from the region, but AccuWeather meteorologists say the winds will cause waters along Florida’s Atlantic coast to surge.
Floridians should expect choppy surf, high tides, beach erosion, and coastal flooding, the weather forecasting company said.
Frequent and strong rip currents are also expected.
“Cities such as Miami, which are prone to flooding in certain high tide situations, will likely experience significant overwash and street flooding,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson cautioned Wednesday.
These warnings come as meteorologists have been closely tracking a pair of storm systems over the Atlantic and western Caribbean Sea.
While the National Hurricane Center had previously given the disturbance, dubbed AL94, a medium chance of further development as it passes north of the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Friday, the agency downgraded that possibility early Friday morning.