By WUFT-FM Staff & Steven Newborn -WUSF-FM

Hurricane Ernesto is now fading away into Mexico after making landfall late yesterday on the Yucatan Peninsula. But what about our chances to see a big storm? WUSF’s Steve Newborn reports those odds are going up – at least for now.

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University of Florida Meteorologist Jeff Huffman says the tropics are definitely heating up and conditions are ripe.

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