Tropical Storm Colin

Tropical depression number 3 formed overs the southern Gulf of Mexico on June 5th 2016 while it intensified into Tropical Storm Colin later that afternoon. Colin is currently a 50 mph tropical cyclone, producing locally heavy rains over the Southeastern U.S and the Gulf Coast of Florida from the Big Bend of Florida down to the lower Florida Keys. Colin is a asymmetrical tropical storm with all of its inclement weather displaced well to the east and southeast of the center of low pressure. Colin has been experiencing moderate to strong southwesterly wind shear over the last 24 hours. Tropical storm wind gusts of 47 mph have already occurred over the gulf coastal waters of Key West this afternoon and rainfall amounts of up to a quarter of an inch (0.25) at Key West associated with a fast moving squall. Colin is expected to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow morning over the Big Bend of Florida south of Apalachicola then rapidly move northeastward while skirting the Southeastern U.S coast by tomorrow and transitioning into an extratropical cyclone over the Atlantic Ocean.