ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 meteorologists continue to monitor the tropics.
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Tropical Storm Nigel will strengthen on Sunday.
Meteorologist Kassandra Crimi said it is expected to become a hurricane by early Monday.
Nigel is not expected to impact land as it will stay in the Central Atlantic.
Read: Hot and humid Sunday before storms roll in
Large ocean swells could head our way by the end of the week.
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Tracking the Tropics: Thursday, Aug. 24 Tropical development is possible over the next couple days, and eventually this area could pose a threat to the Gulf States, including Florida. An areas of disturbed weather in Central America will lift to the north into the Gulf of Mexico. Conditions are conducive for some development this weekend. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Thursday, Aug. 24 Severe Weather Center 9 is monitoring this area. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Thursday, Aug. 24 A named system may develop in the Gulf and then work its way to the northeast (potentially toward Florida). (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Friday, Aug. 25 (wftv/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Friday, Aug. 25 The most likely scenario (as of today) is that we could have some tropical storm conditions Tuesday night into Wednesday. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Friday, Aug. 25 (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Friday, Aug. 25 The area near Belize and the Yucatan of Mexico (Western Caribbean) is the spot we are watching. By Sunday and Monday it should start to develop (when it is near Western Cuba). (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Friday, Aug. 25 The most likely scenario (as of today) is that we could have some tropical storm conditions Tuesday night into Wednesday. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Saturday, Aug. 26 (WFTV/WFTV Staff)
Tracking the Tropics: Saturday, Aug. 26 (WFTV/WFTV Staff)
Tracking the Tropics: Saturday, Aug. 26 (WFTV Staff)
Tracking the Tropics: Saturday, Aug. 26 (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Saturday, Aug. 26 The main disturbance we are watching is located near the Yucatan Channel, between Cancun and western Cuba, and is showing better signs of organization as of Saturday afternoon. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Saturday, Aug. 26 Specific impacts for our local area are impossible to nail down at this point, but the system is forecast to move over the Eastern Gulf by Monday and organize further, likely as at least a named Tropical Storm, possibly even a hurricane. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tropical Depression Ten has formed near the Gulf AL93 is now Tropical Depression Ten, forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall in Florida, somewhere between the Florida Panhandle and the Tampa area. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tropical Depression Ten: Saturday, Aug. 26 11 p.m. track (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Sunday, Aug. 27 As of 5am, TD # 10 continues to wobble near the Yucatan. It is drifting south this morning and will stay near Mexico and Cuba for the next 24-36 hours, where it will continue to strengthen. We expect this storm to be a Tropical Storm (Idalia) later today. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tracking the Tropics: Sunday, Aug. 27 Models are starting to come into better agreement -- strengthening TD #10 into a hurricane as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico. (WFTV/WFTV)
Tropical storm Idalia forms off the Yucatan Peninsula; expected to strengthen into a Hurricane early next week
Strom surge, hurricane watches issued for Tropical Storm Idalia (WFTV/WFTV)
Storm surge, hurricane watches, tropical storm warnings issued for parts of Florida ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia (WFTV/WFTV)
Storm surge, hurricane watches, tropical storm warnings issued for parts of Florida ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia (WFTV/WFTV)
Tropical Storm Idalia: Sunday, Aug. 27 11 p.m. track (wftv/WFTV)
Idalia forecast to strike Florida as Cat. 3 hurricane, tropical advisories expanded
Idalia forecast to strike Florida as Cat. 3 hurricane, tropical advisories expanded
Idalia forecast to strike Florida as Cat. 3 hurricane, tropical advisories expanded
Idalia forecast to strike Florida as Cat. 3 hurricane, tropical advisories expanded
Idalia forecast to strike Florida as Cat. 3 hurricane, tropical advisories expanded
Idalia forecast to strike Florida as Cat. 3 hurricane, tropical advisories expanded
Idalia forecast to strike Florida as Cat. 3 hurricane, tropical advisories expanded
Tropical Storm Idalia Tropical Storm Idalia track 11 a.m. Monday. (WFTV.com News Staff)
Tropical Storm Idalia Tropical Storm Idalia watches and warnings as of 11 a.m. on Monday. (WFTV.com News Staff)
Tropical Storm Idalia Tropical Storm Idalia continues to intensify and is forecast to become a major hurricane before making landfall in Florida. (WFTV.com News Staff)
Tropical Storm Idalia: Monday, Aug. 28 11 p.m. track (wftv.com)
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia forms in southern Gulf, major Cat. 3 storm projected to impact Florida
Hurricane Idalia gains strength as Florida braces for impact of major storm
Hurricane Idalia now Category 2 storm Hurricane Idalia has strengthened into a Category 2 storm. (WFTV)
Hurricane Idalia Hurricane Idalia is now forecast to make landfall in Florida as a category 4 storm. (WFTV.com News Staff)
Hurricane Idalia strengthens to powerful Cat. 4 storm ahead of landfall in Florida
Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida as major Category 3 storm
Tropical Storm Idalia 5 p.m. Wednesday track (WFTV)
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