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An unusual collision of weather patterns with a new moon could turn streets to streams this week with torrents of rain from “rogue” supercell thunderstorms and swollen high tides.

The National Hurricane Center has also identified an area of potential tropical development off the southeast Florida coast, giving a developing spot of low pressure a 10% chance of forming.

Wednesday is expected to be the wettest day with widespread rainfall of 4 to 6 inches possible in eastern Palm Beach County through early Friday.

A month into South Florida’s dry season, and nearing the end of hurricane season, this week's rain could set records during a time of year when the atmosphere is typically settling into a more tempered humor.

Instead, an area of low pressure churning in the Gulf of Mexico, a puttering front draped across the peninsula, and high pressure over the western Atlantic are uniting to saturate the skies and rouse easterly wind gusts to 30 miles per hour or higher.

At the same time, a new moon on Monday is still tugging at the seasonal king tides, which combined with heavy rain could cause coastal flooding. High tides at the Lake Worth Pier are at 9 a.m. and 9:05 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday high tides are 9:51 a.m. and 9:54 p.m.

“It looks like everything is setting up for the east coast to get the brunt of the rain,” said Miami-based NWS meteorologist Will Redman. “It’s not typical for this time of year. It’s late-season type of stuff.”

Redman downplayed the potential for lusty supercell thunderstorms, which were mentioned in a Tuesday NWS forecast. Supercells are marked by a strong rotating column of air sucking moisture into the subfreezing upper atmosphere where hail can form and tornadoes are born.

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But Redman noted that a clash of west-flowing winds in the upper atmosphere and easterly winds at the surface could cause storms either to stall or train, increasing rainfall amounts over specific areas. Rain totals for West Palm Beach on Tuesday measured 0.19 inches by late afternoon.

“The winds are a problem because if the storms get deep enough, they won’t want to move,” said David Roth, a lead meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. “It’s unusual that the flows are almost perfectly opposing each other.”

Through Monday, West Palm Beach had measured just 0.14 inches of rain for November. That’s 1.58 inches lower than normal for the month.

The record rainfall amount for Nov. 15 at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach is 3.04 inches, set in 1994.

Roth noted that a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the western Caribbean Sea being watched by the National Hurricane Center is being bolstered by the low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico.

The center is giving the system a 70% chance of development over the next seven days, and putting Jamacia, Cuba, Haiti the Dominican Republic and the southeastern Bahamas on alert that, at the least, heavy rains are possible as the knot of storms moves northeast.

If it forms into a late-season tropical cyclone, it would be named Vince.

Hurricane season runs through Nov. 30.

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Forecast for coastal Palm Beach County, South Florida: flood watch through Thursday, Nov. 16

For coastal South Florida, a flood watch is in effect through Thursday. Strong rip currents and high surf are also concerns into Friday morning.

Cassie Leahy, a meteorologist with the NWS in Melbourne, said showers should clear out Friday morning with clear skies and drier air expected for the weekend.

“The humidity will definitely decrease,” she said. “So we’ll have cooler overnight temperatures and that’s what we’ll notice.”

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Florida facing increasing flash flooding threat

NOAA's Weather Prediction Center is forecasting an increasing flood risk for Southeast Florida beginning Wednesday as heavy rain at 2 inches per hour will likely cause flooding in urban and flood-prone areas. Isolated areas could see up to a foot of rain.

MIAMI - Tropical moisture began surging into Florida on Tuesday, bringing heavy rainfall and prompting a days-long threat of flooding on Florida's Atlantic coast, including the Miami area.

A new area of low pressure developing off South Florida will tap into the energy from a low in the Gulf of Mexico, currently bringing rain and wind to the Gulf Coast states from Louisiana to Florida.

"This is going to be a mess for Florida," FOX Weather Meteorologist Stephen Morgan said. "And a bit of a sneaky system, too, in South Florida. It's not West Florida. We wish it was the Gulf Coast. And we'll watch to see if they get anything. But this is a heavy rain event that we see shaping up in South Florida."

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The FOX Forecast Center said this new low, combined with deep tropical moisture, sets Florida up for repeated showers and thunderstorms beginning Wednesday into Thursday, increasing the flooding threat for Florida's Atlantic coast. The National Hurricane Center has even outlined the area for possible tropical development.

Central, South Florida under flood alerts

Rain is expected to continue through at least the next 48 hours, which is expected to cause widespread flooding across South Florida.

Flood watches have been issued for many communities along Florida's east coast through at least Thursday morning, including Miami, Jupiter, Boynton Beach, and Palm Beach.

For Wednesday, NOAA's Weather Prediction Center has upgraded the excessive rainfall risk to moderate in South Florida. A moderate risk of flooding means that scattered flash floods are likely and that numerous flash flooding events with significant events are possible.

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South Florida is forecast to receive between 5 and 8 inches of rain through Thursday, creating flash flooding concerns in the Miami metro area.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, more than 12 inches is possible in a few locations.

Thunderstorms capable of producing rainfall rates of 2 to 2.5 inches per hour could pose the most significant flooding risk to urban areas in Miami and Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday.

Tuesday's rainfall pushed Fort Lauderdale's yearly precipitation accumulation to over 100" for the year, with a trajectory of beating the all-time wettest year of 102.36" set back in 1947.

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NHC monitors potential low-pressure system off Florida coast

The National Hurricane Center outlined an area east of Florida Tuesday afternoon, saying they expect an area of low pressure to develop near Southern Florida.

While tropical formation is not expected in the next several days, it will continue to bring unsettled weather to the Sunshine State.

"Although development into a tropical cyclone appears unlikely, this system is expected to produce gusty winds and heavy rains across portions of southern Florida, the Florida Keys, and the Bahamas during the next couple of days," forecasters said.

The NHC is giving it a low chance for development over the next few days.

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Coastal flood alerts for Louisiana and Mississippi

Meanwhile, flooding is an issue along parts of the Gulf Coast too. With the ongoing moisture surge from the Gulf of Mexico, a flash flooding threat shifted from Texas into Panama City, Florida and Mobile, Alabama, on Tuesday – a risk that holds into Wednesday.

Coastal flood alerts are also in effect through Thursday for areas surrounding New Orleans and Biloxi as gusty east winds to 45 mph push elevated tides into coastal lowlands, bringing some beach erosion and minor shoreline flooding. A Wind Advisory is in effect for New Orleans through Wednesday evening.

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The rain is indeed a welcome sight along the Gulf Coast experiencing long-term drought conditions.

Over half of Louisiana is in exceptional drought – the worst level – where wildfires are smothering the Gulf Coast with smoke that has created dangerous driving conditions and unhealthy air.

Mississippi is nearing 90% of the state in extreme and exceptional drought.

Unfortunately, more than a week of rain won't end the drought in either state. Regular rainfall events will be needed for drought relief.

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Eastern Florida State College men’s basketball team will tip off the new season Wednesday night at Titan Field House. The Titans will host Palm Beach State College at 7 p.m. in the season opener.

“This time of year is always pretty exciting because you are about to get started with the regular season, you have had all the work in the summer and fall and to have your first actual regular season game, and for it to be at home, is exciting,” Eastern Florida State College men’s basketball coach Jeremy Shulman said.

“For me especially, this team is such a connected team and a great group of individuals. They are such a joy to be around every day and I am excited to go to war with these guys.”

Sophomores Matija Zuzic, Carlin Gelin and Owen Aquino are back from last season’s 22-win team and will lead the team that has a different look this season.

“My 14th year and we have had a lot of different-looking teams, but this year’s team is really skilled,” Shulman said.

“We wanted to have a lot of multi-positional, tall, versatile guys and really tough, hard-nosed guards. We are always going to be a tough team, a defensive team that is tough on the boards because that is who we are but in addition to those things, we will be a lot of pace and space. “It will be exciting with this group.”

Aquino started 26 of the 29 games last season and averaged 4.9 points and 6/8 rebounds as a freshman while Zuzic started 10 of his 21 games and averaged 8.1 points per game. Gelin played in 24 games, mostly off the bench and averaged three points and three rebounds.

The Titans have added 12 freshmen and are excited what the new group has brought to the court during the preseason.

“For a new guy, Luca (Colceag) is a Division I transfer and we don’t usually have a lot of new guys who come in and are leaders but Luca has exceeded all expectations with his character, his work ethic, his leadership and his buy in,” Shulman said.

“We have a bunch of guys who have come in and showed they can contribute. Andrija (Bukumirovic), Carlos (Cortijo) and AJ (Walker) jump off the page as dogs.”

The Titans will be home Wednesday night and then will host the Jim Grimes Classic on Friday and Saturday.

Friday night East Georgia State College faces the Florida State College at Jacksonville at 5 p.m. with the Titans playing Time to Ball Prep at 7 p.m.

Then on Saturday, Florida State College at Jacksonville will play Time to Ball Prep at 2 p.m. with the Titans playing East Georgia State College at 4 p.m.

Florida’s Turnpike will close all lanes between Boynton Beach Boulevard and Lake Worth Road from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

The closure is one in a series of full closures for the replacement of the Hypoluxo Road bridge as part of the widening project from Boynton Beach Boulevard (Exit 86) to Lake Worth Road (Exit 93). The bridge had to be relocated to accommodate the project.

The Turnpike has tried twice before to undertake the work but had to cancel each time; the last cancellation was due to Hurricane Idalia. Turnpike officials note that the scheduled closures could again change due to inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances.

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What is the construction timeline of the stretch of Florida's Turnpike?

Florida’s Turnpike is widening the stretch from two to three lanes in each direction, between Lake Worth Beach Road and Boynton Beach Boulevard.

Work on the project, which will cost $170 million, began in 2019 and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2025.

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On deck for Florida's Turnpike: More widening in south Palm Beach County

There are plans to expand the turnpike from six to eight lanes on a 4.5-mile stretch from the Sawgrass Expressway to north of Glades Road west of Boca Raton with construction scheduled to begin in 2025.

The plan is to help ease traffic to the south in Broward County, where the closest exit is 6 miles away at the Sawgrass Expressway. The Sample Road exit in Coconut Creek is 10 miles south of Glades Road.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A 5,000-mile-long belt of sargassum seaweed is heading for the state of Florida, according to scientists with the University of South Florida (USF).

Researcher and USF oceanography professor Dr. Chaunmin Hu says we'll typically see a peak in "seaweed season" in June or July, but seaweed is already showing up on South Florida beaches in March.

A 5,000-mile-long belt of sargassum seaweed is heading for the state of Florida, CBS12's Amber Raub spoke to local scientists. (WPEC)

"What is unusual this year is we already started with a big sargassum mass in the Atlantic. Very big. So our concerns are about how big it will get when we enter the summer months," said Hu.

Seaweed is no stranger to South Florida beaches. Floridians experience the sargassum that lines the shores throughout Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast each summer.

That sargassum seaweed will eventually get transported to the Gulf of Mexico and then end up on Florida beaches.

"There is a huge amount of seaweed right now lingering around the tropical Atlantic Ocean, but a tiny little bit of that will eventually land on South Florida or the east coast of Florida beaches. We just don't know when and where exactly you will receive this in Florida. As a matter of fact, last week Key West already saw a large amount of seaweed the same amount. And around the Florida Keys that we've tracked, there are small mats and the routes linger around already in March and East Coast," said Hu.

Hu says while we are expected to see more seaweed, it's nothing to panic about.

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"What I want to say is there is no need to panic. This is a natural plant is not toxic. If you see too much on the beaches for it, I think our local managers you know who are in charge of maintaining a clean beach, they are well prepared to remove the seaweed every day when whenever they see this. But just get prepared. There will be incoming seaweeds to the Florida Keys to the East Coast of Florida to some variable amount this summer. And these coming months this month, next month into the summer months," said Hu.

The large amount of seaweed is what Hu calls a "belt". It's an elongated belt expanding from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico and is about 5,000 miles long and 200-300 miles wide. Hu says this belt of seaweed is only less than .01 percent of the ocean's surface.

There's no guarantee that all of the seaweed will make it onto South Florida beaches. It's up to mother nature.

"That's (whether the seaweed will wash ashore) driven by ocean currents and dominant winds both okay. And there's no way to stop that or to make them turn away. There's absolutely no (way), it's just like a Hurricane, nobody can detour a hurricane right? It's hard to predict which beach will receive more seaweed, exactly, but in general, on the east coast of Florida, we receive some seaweed, and the south and Southeast coast, including Palm Beach, and Miami Beach for other day regions. They will receive more than the Northeast coast of Florida," said Hu.

What is sargassum seaweed?

According to Florida Health, sargassum is a type of brown seaweed. As it rots, it gives off a substance called hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide has a very unpleasant odor, like rotten eggs. Although the seaweed itself cannot harm your health, tiny sea creatures that live in sargassum can cause skin rashes and blisters.

Sargassum provides an important habitat for migratory organisms like crabs, shrimp, sea turtles, jellyfish, and commercially important fish species such as tuna and marlin.

Those tiny organisms (like larvae of jellyfish) that live in the sargassum can cause irritation to the skin.

Hu says not to worry about it in the ocean, but when it washes ashore, be sure to avoid it.

"Rotten seaweed can attract insects and can grow bacteria so people should avoid it. This is why the managers (city managers or ocean rescue chiefs) removed seaweed in time," said Hu.

Hu says to expect larger amounts of this seaweed to wash ashore starting in April.