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Disorganized Tropical Disturbance Packs Lots Of Rain

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By NEIL JOHNSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 23, 2008

TAMPA - A tropical disturbance went through another day today without becoming more organized but continued to dump rain over Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.

An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft flew through the disturbance today and found no center of circulation. A flight on Sunday also failed to turn up an eye. The disturbance has hovered in the area of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola since Saturday.

It has poured heavy rain over the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which have already been flooded by tropical storms and hurricanes this year.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say there is a chance for the disturbance to become a tropical depression or tropical storm during the next couple days as the system finally begins to move north.

A developing storm, though not a tropical system, off the coast of the Carolinas could pull the disturbance north by Wednesday . Most forecast models predict the disturbance will head north and remain out at sea.

It could be absorbed by the storm off the coast that is expected to move west or west southwest, said the state meteorologist's office.

The storm off the coast of the Carolinas will generate strong winds from the northeast over the Atlantic Ocean that will kick up high seas on the Florida east coast.

The winds and high surf prompted the National Weather Service to issue coastal flood advisories for Duval, Nassau, St. Johns and Flagler counties through Thursday evening.

Winds on the west side of coastal storm will bring drier and slightly cooler air over large parts of the state through Saturday and are responsible for morning temperatures expected to be in the 60s through the weekend.

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