Tropical System Will Likely Enter the Gulf of Mexico

Miami, Florida – According to the National Hurricane Center disorganized showers and thunderstorms located over the western Caribbean Sea and portions of Central America are associated with a very broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions appear favorable for gradual development of this system during the next several days.

A tropical depression is likely to form while the system moves slowly northward across the northwestern Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico through the end of the week. Regardless of development, this system is expected to produce heavy rains over portions of Central America during the next several days. It has a low ( 10 percent) chance of formation through 48 hours and a high ( 70 percent) chance in the next 7 days.