A low pressure system located over eastern Florida has a 80% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on July 9.
The system is forecast to move southward to southwestward and emerge over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico later on Tuesday, the NHC said.
Showers and thunderstorms have increased over the NE Gulf of Mexico. A tropical cyclone is likely to form over the next few days and move westward over the northern Gulf of Mexico. It’s not a threat to the Florida Keys. #flwx #KeyWest #FloridaKeys #hurricaneseason #GOESEast pic.twitter.com/YKhFFf8pxC
— NWS Key West (@NWSKeyWest) July 9, 2019
The system is likely to turn into a tropical depression by late Wednesday or Thursday while it moves westward across the northern Gulf of Mexico, it added.
There is a high probability (80%) that a tropical depression is likely to form by the end of the week over the northern Gulf of Mexico. This system also has the potential to produce heavy rainfall along portions of the northern and eastern U.S. Gulf Coast later this week. pic.twitter.com/fm8BnAh26O
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 8, 2019
30% Chance of Tropical Cyclone Over Central Georgia
A trough of low pressure located over central Georgia has a 30% chance of becoming a tropical storm in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday.
The system is expected to move southward toward the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, where a broad area of low pressure is expected to form on Wednesday, NHC added.
There’s a potential hurricane brewing in the Atlantic, and it appears to be bucking the usual order of things — building over land and heading toward the water. https://t.co/poj1Kky981
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) July 8, 2019
“Environmental and ocean conditions are forecast to be conducive for development and a tropical depression is likely to form by the end of the week,” NHC said.
