The Gulf Coast Dodged a Bullet, but that Same Moisture May Circle Back to the Gulf Late Next Week
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO, JUL 17 – The National Hurricane Center lowered the system's development chance to 30% while warning of heavy rain and localized flooding across the north-central Gulf Coast through Friday.
- On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center lowered development chances, system centered over the northern Gulf near Mississippi.
- Spanning June 1 to Nov. 30, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 13 to 19 named storms and six to 10 hurricanes.
- The National Hurricane Center assigned development odds, while heavy rainfall warnings extend through Friday, forecasters said.
- Forecasters warned the system now poses a flood threat, and the National Weather Service said the heaviest rain will fall near Baton Rouge.
- Weather experts said the system could return next week, with models showing a looping path around the southeast U.S. before potential development late next week.
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Tropical disturbance fizzles, but afternoon storms fire up in southeast Texas
HOUSTON, Texas (KIAH) -- The tropical disturbance we’ve been tracking in the Gulf all week is no more. As of Thursday night, the National Hurricane Center gave the system a 0% chance of development, and any lingering impacts have already moved out of the Houston area. The system brought about 1/2-3/4" of rain to our eastern counties early Friday, but any threat of tropical organization is now behind us. As that disturbance exits the picture, ou…
Gulf system has no chance of development, but south Louisiana still faces rain threat
A system that landed in Louisiana Thursday currently does not have any chance of forming, but it will still bring more heavy rains and potential flooding to southern Louisiana Friday and Saturday.
Gulf Coast Prepares for Heavy Rain as Storm Nears Tropical Depression Status – Knowhere News
The National Hurricane Centre said Wednesday’s weather system travelling across the Florida Panhandle was exhibiting a higher likelihood of developing into a tropical depression as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast. As the system moves west across the Gulf into southeastern Louisiana on Thursday, the federal agency said it has a 40% chance of turning into a tropical depression. How far it moves offshore, where the circumstances are favourabl…

Hurricane center lowers chances system could develop in Gulf
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday lowered its forecast chances that a system that had moved over Florida the day previous could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
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