Tropical Storm Bonnie soaking Miami

As of 11 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Bonnie was centered over Biscayne Bay, closed enough to be giving Miami a soaking.

The Miami Herald reports:

Bursts of wet weather, courtesy of Tropical Storm Bonnie, started during the commute Friday morning in South Florida, with heavy rains in Broward and Miami-Dade, forecasters said.

Bonnie has picked up speed and for South Florida, the worst of it will likely continue into the early afternoon hours.

"It's going to be wet. It's going to be windy,'' said Robert Molleda, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Miami. ``Tropical storm force winds may not seem as threatening as a hurricane, but they're still pretty dangerous."

As of 11 a.m., Bonnie was located about 30 miles south-southwest of Miami and about 130 miles southeast of Fort Myers.

A tropical storm warning for Tropical Storm Bonnie extends from Deerfield Beach on the Atlantic coast of Florida, through the Florida Keys and to Englewood in southern Sarasota County, according to the National Hurricane Center.

On the north Gulf Coast, a tropical storm warning has been issued for from Destin on the Florida Panhandle to Morgan City, La., including Lake Pontchartrain

In addition to the tropical storm warning, a tropical storm watch has been issued for the east coast of Florida from Deerfield Beach to Jupiter Inlet and Lake Okeechobee.