Coastal Disturbances

Tropical Storm Alberto moves off to the north.

At 5 a.m., Alberto was centered about 65 miles west of Cedar Key, and was moving northeast at about 9 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. Its top sustained winds were at 65 mph; The minimum for a hurricane is 74 mph. Forecasters said the likelihood that Alberto will become a hurricane prior to landfall is decreasing.

A hurricane warning was posted for the Gulf Coast and a tropical storm warning was extended from Flagler Beach northward to South Santee River, S.C.

That's good for us down here. All we got was a lot of humidity and grey skies. But friends to the west and north -- Sarasota, St. Pete, Tallahassee, Fort Walton Beach, and points in between -- are in my thoughts and I hope that they are home and dry.