Will potential Hurricane Hermine hit Florida? Here’s what the long-range ‘spaghetti models’ show

Long-range forecast models show a tropical storm or hurricane near Florida’s south coast late next week, but forecasters say it’s too soon to know the system’s exact track.

The tropical wave is in the southeast Caribbean on Thursday afternoon and the National Hurricane Center gives it a high chance of becoming a hurricane in the coming days. If it strengthens as forecast, it will become Tropical Storm or Hurricane Hermine.

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Here are the latest so-called “spaghetti models,” which show the range of possible tracks based on various computer models: