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M. Ressler, Senior Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
Two strengthening tropical storms are churning through the Atlantic Basin, one in the Gulf of Mexico, the other in the northern Caribbean Sea.
Tropical Storm Bonnie is edging toward the north in the central Gulf of Mexico, but is expected to take a more northeasterly track later today. Bonnie could move across the Florida Panhandle late Thursday morning. A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch are in effect from the Alabama-Florida line to the Suwannee River.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Charley, just under minimal hurricane strength, is churning west-northwestward through the north-central Caribbean Sea. Conditions are favorable for Charley to become at least a category one hurricane. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Jamaica, a hurricane watch is in effect for Jamaica and the Florida Keys, and a hurricane warning is in effect for the Cayman Islands and the western half of Cuba.
A large upper-level system dominates much of the U.S. A strong southwesterly flow aloft will rapidly steer Bonnie and then Charley up the Eastern Seaboard, just ahead of a cold front, this weekend.
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Charley:
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