The threat of what is forecast to become Hurricane Helene had the National Hurricane Center on Tuesday issue hurricane watches for Florida’s Gulf Coast warning storm surge could reach as

The tropical system will eventually move into the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to become a hurricane. As of now, it looks like there will be a landfall around the Big Bend of Florida later in the day on Thursday. This would be a similar scenario to Hurricane Debby, where the main action is west of us, but we could get some feeder bands.