1 week Ago By Angie Dimichele, Shira Moolten
A weather system in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to develop into Tropical Storm Francine on Monday and could impact the Texas or Louisiana coasts as a hurricane by midweek, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday evening. The tropical wave was located in the southwest Gulf is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. It is predicted to track slowly northwest, then north, near coastal Mexico, Texas and Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.
Watches could be issued by the NHC for portions of the western U.S. Gulf Coast later Sunday or Monday.
“(The system) is expected to move inland along the Texas-Louisiana border Wednesday night,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Isaac Longley. “One of the main concerns with this storm is that it is forecast to move into an area already impacted by heavy rain and flooding from a separate tropical rainstorm this past week. The ground across far eastern Texas and into Louisiana is already saturated, so it would not take much rain to cause flooding across these areas.
” AccuWeather expert meteorologists say 60-70 mph wind gusts are possible along the Gulf Coast through Thursday and additional strengthening is possible by midweek. Meanwhile, two systems in the eastern Atlantic are being monitored and could develop into tropical depressions, the latest hurricane center update said. In the central tropical Atlantic, an elongated trough of low pressure could become a tropical depression in the next few days as it moves west.
As of 5 p.m. Sunday, it had a 60-70% chance of forming in the next two to seven days.
Meanwhile, a third system over the Atlantic off Africa could become a tropical depression in the mid to latter part of this week, after it interacts with a yet-to-emerge tropical wave, forecasters said. As of 5 p.m.
Sunday, it has a 50% chance of forming in the next seven days. Experts at Colorado State University issued a new forecast Tuesday , predicting below-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic for the next two weeks. Here’s what the next two weeks of hurricane season should look like, according to experts Overall, CSU experts predict 23 named storms in the 2024 season, leaving the possibility of 18 more before the season ends on Nov.
30. The average number of named storms between 1991 to 2020 is 14.4.
AccuWeather experts Tuesday afternoon also updated their forecast, now calling for less named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes for the remainder of the season. Their forecast predicts between 16 and 20 named storms, with two to four more direct impacts to the U.S.
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