Possibel Tropical disturbance Brewing near the Gulf
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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Oct 24 2020 1:54 PM
"A tropical low near Jamaica is in a very favorable environment for development and is expected to become the next tropical depression by Saturday afternoon or evening," Pydynowski said.
"This system will gradually drift northwestward through the end of the weekend, passing somewhere near the western tip of Cuba and the eastern Yucatan peninsula before emerging in the southern Gulf of Mexico."
The system could strengthen into a tropical storm or perhaps even a hurricane by the time it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba at the end of the weekend or early next week.
Interests in the region should consider getting preparations ready now for the potential for heavy rain and gusty winds. Hurricane Delta formed in similar conditions and strengthened very rapidly before eventually making a first landfall in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.
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