Miami, Fl.(Florida News Network)-At 800 PM EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Nestor was located near latitude 27.6 North, longitude 87.6 West, about about 215 miles southwest of Panama City Florida.

Nestor is moving toward the northeast near 22 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue through Saturday. A turn toward the east-northeast is expected to occur Sunday. On the forecast track, the center of Nestor will move inland over the Florida Panhandle on Saturday morning, and will then move across portions of the southeastern United States later Saturday and Sunday while it becomes a post-tropical cyclone. Nestor is expected to move offshore of the coast of North Carolina into the western Atlantic by late Sunday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph with higher gusts. Some strengthening is possible tonight before Nestor reaches the coast. Nestor is forecast to weaken after it moves inland, and it is expected to lose tropical characteristics and become post-tropical on Saturday.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles mainly to the northeast and east of the center.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 999 mb (29.50

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Navarre Florida to Yankeetown Florida

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for. Indian Pass Florida to Clearwater Beach Florida

Graphic credit:National Hurricane Center

SPONSORS:

Acerca de Operation Stormwatch

Tu 94.9 FM · #1 Para Hits de Hoy