The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued watches for Subtropical Storm Nicole, which is on track to approach Florida’s eastern coast later this week.
Nicole, which is forecast to turn into at least a Category 1 hurricane later this week, is predicted to affect Florida beginning the night of Nov. 8 or the following morning, according to an NHC model. The system, located in the western Atlantic Ocean, is currently hundreds of miles northeast of the Bahamas. The storm, currently with maximum sustained winds of about 45 miles per hour, is moving northwest at 9 miles per hour.
