National Hurricane Center Eyes Gulf For Small Chance Of Development, But Heavy Rain Expected Regardless—
An area of disturbed weather tracking westward near the northern Gulf Coast has a small chance to develop into a tropical depression through the end of the week, but it’s still expected to bring some impacts in the form of rainfall and rip currents.
Tropical Development Odds Are LowA stretched-out area of low pressure meteorologists call a trough will continue to track near the northern Gulf Coast over the next day or two.
What the National Hurricane Center is watching for is the possibility that converging winds along this so-called trough could help generate a more well-defined area of low pressure that attempts to make a run at forming into a tropical depression or storm. For now, the NHC says there is a low chance of that happening in the waters near and offshore from the northern U.S. Gulf Coast before the disturbance slides inland by this weekend.
