Track Potential Tropical Cyclone 9: Spaghetti, forecast cone [Video]

It’s expected to strengthen into Hurricane Helene by midweek.

TAMPA, Fla. — Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it continues its track toward Florida’s Panhandle. Although it is too soon to specify exactly where the disturbance is heading, areas along the Florida Gulf Coast, including the Tampa Bay region, should prepare for potential impacts from storm surge, heavy rainfall and strong winds.

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See below for the real-time tropical tracker, spaghetti models and more.

Resembling spaghetti noodles, each line in a spaghetti model represents a computer’s best guess as to where the center of the storm will go.

These models, however, do not show expected impacts on areas.

Here’s the latest spaghetti model for Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine:

This “cone of uncertainty” shows an area where the center of the storm could go, …