By next Tuesday or Wednesday, this likely hurricane is expected to be located somewhere between the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Peninsula.
Tropical Depression Nine is forecast to become a tropical storm later Friday.
By next Tuesday or Wednesday, this likely hurricane is expected to be located somewhere between the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the general vicinity of the Florida Peninsula.According to the FOX Forecast Center, Tropical Depression Nine is still battling– winds that change direction and speed at various heights – which is keeping thunderstorms associated with the system from growing, and that's expected to continue through Friday.
Water temperatures in this part of the Caribbean Sea are in the upper 80s, which is a couple of degrees above average, providing ample fuel for this system to intensify over the coming days. Flooding rain could also impact Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, southern Haiti and the southern Dominican Republic beginning as soon as this weekend.
An overwhelming majority of computer forecast models suggest the storm will likely be a hurricane as it tracks toward the mainland U.S.
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