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    Tropical Storm Joyce tracker: projected path, spaghetti models

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    Helene made landfall in the Florida Big Bend late Thursday evening, bringing life-threatening flooding and damaging winds to much of the southeastern United States before weakening to a tropical storm early Friday morning.

    However, Helene isn’t the only storm forecasters keeping an eye on it as the Atlantic Ocean remains active.

    Tropical Storm Joyce formed in the central tropical Atlantic Ocean Friday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm was located about 1,300 miles (2,125 kilometers) east of the Northern Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of nearly 40 miles per hour.

    Gradual strengthening is expected through Saturday, NHC forecasters said, followed by gradual weakening through early next week. Tropical storm force winds currently extend up to 70 miles from the center.

    Live updates about Helene: Storm sweeps through Georgia; 8 deaths; 4.4 million without power

    Tropical Storm Joyce path tracker

    Spaghetti models from Tropical Storm Joyce

    Illustrations cover a range of forecasting tools and models, and they are not all the same. The hurricane center uses only the four or five best-performing models to help make its forecasts.

    NHC also monitors two other tropical waves in the Atlantic Ocean

    According to the NHC, an area of ​​low pressure could form over the western Caribbean Sea by the middle of next week. Environmental conditions are expected to be “conducive to slow development” afterward as this system moves northwest and possibly enters the Gulf of Mexico late next week, the NHC said Friday.

    Yet another area of ​​low pressure could form over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean early next week, the NHC said, and the system could develop slowly as the system moves northwest at 10 to 15 mph .

    What about Hurricane Isaac?

    As of Friday morning, Hurricane Isaac was moving westward across the north-central Atlantic Ocean, the NHC said. It was located about 1,780 kilometers west of the Azores and is moving east-northeast at a speed of almost 30 kilometers per hour, with maximum sustained winds of almost 120 kilometers per hour.

    The NHC said Friday that additional strengthening is expected in the coming days, followed by a gradual weakening by the end of this weekend.

    Tropical Storm John continues to batter Mexico

    In the Pacific Ocean, Tropical Storm John continues to cause flash flooding and mudslides across parts of southern and southwestern Mexico, the NHC said Friday.

    John’s center was forecast to move along the coast or just inland of southwestern Mexico Friday afternoon and evening, the NHC said in an advisory.

    “Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 60 miles per hour with higher gusts,” the NHC said Friday, and gradual weakening is expected Friday, with a faster pace of weakening forecast by Friday evening as the center interacts with the higher located terrain of southwestern Mexico.

    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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