JUNE 6, 2016
Menacing clouds gather over Florida as Colin approaches. (Image credit:ABC)
After Bonnie, another tropical storm will drench the US east coast. Tropical storm Colin has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and it threatens Florida in next 20 hours.
This storm is small. It's central minimum pressure is 1008. Though by the time it hits the Florida coast by 0000 hours GMT Tuesday it will have dropped to 998 hPa.
The National Hurricane Center estimates its winds to be 65 km/h. By landfall it might rise to 70-80 km/h.
Colin is going to bring heavy rains to Florida. Significant precipitation is also expected in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina under the influence of this storm.
Colin is going to be fast moving. By Wednesday it will be in the Atlantic Ocean. It will then turn into a mid latitude tropical cyclone as it moves away into the ocean.
Monsoon to be active soon
Monsoon to be active soon
Tropical storm Colin will bring heaviest rainfall to northern Florida.
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