Tracking the Tropics: July 12, 2021

After a stormy Monday, Tuesday will be a bit calmer with widespread showers associated with a tropical wave. Some severe thunderstorms are still possible late morning into early afternoon.

Tracking the Tropics: Elsa weakens ahead of mid-morning landfall

Elsa is moving up Florida's West Coast. The National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm to a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday but then downgraded it back to a tropical storm early Wednesday morning. Elsa is projected to make landfall later this morning near Cedar Key.

FOX 35 Storm Team Coverage of Hurricane Elsa

Elsa is moving up Florida's West Coast. The National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm to a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday but then downgraded it back to a tropical storm early Wednesday morning. Elsa is projected to make landfall later this morning near Cedar Key.

Tracking the Tropics: Hurricane Elsa

Hurricane Elsa has not shown any significant change in structure, strength, and path in the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Late Tuesday evening, the center of the storm was located about 65 miles southwest of Tampa.

Tracking the Tropics: Hurricane Elsa

Elsa has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Elsa is now packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Its present movement is at 14 mph, with the center of the storm located about 100 miles south-southwest of Tampa Bay.