More tropical trouble possible for the Gulf?
Tropical Storm Harold made landfall in Texas on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and wind to a state that’s been dealing with extreme heat this summer.
But will the Gulf of Mexico have something else brewing this week?
It’s possible, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Forecasters added an area to watch for potential development that will start off in the western Caribbean but could head northward toward the Gulf.
The hurricane center said an area of low pressure could form in a few days in the Caribbean. The disturbance is expected to track slowly northward and into the eastern Gulf over the weekend and into early next week.
As of Wednesday night it had a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next seven days.
The hurricane center was also tracking Tropical Storm Franklin, which was crossed over Hispaniola on Wednesday and was north of the Dominican Republic.
Tropical Storm Franklin could head in the general direction of Bermuda next week.
Franklin is expected to steer clear of the U.S., but it could strengthen into a hurricane over the weekend. It will be a storm for Bermuda to keep a close eye on, however.
The hurricane center was also tracking the remnants of Tropical Storm Emily, which could regenerate in the central Atlantic but is no threat to land, and a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic with a medium chance of becoming a depression.