FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida is now under a tropical storm watch, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. Eastern time update.
It’s guaranteed to be a wet weekend in South Florida as system approaching the state from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico now has a 90% chance of developing, according to the hurricane center.
Forecasters are anticipating that the system will become a tropical storm by Friday night. If it forms, it will be Tropical Storm Alex — the Atlantic’s first named storm of 2022.
