The hurricane season is awakening from its slumber.
Doyle RiceAfter several quiet weeks, the National Hurricane Center said Monday that there's an 80% chance a tropical depression will form by the end of the week in the Gulf of Mexico."Regardless of development, this system has the potential to produce heavy rainfall along portions of the northern and eastern U.S. Gulf Coast later this week," the hurricane center said.
The National Hurricane Center said there's an 80% chance of a tropical depression forming near the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the week. The red X indicates where the nascent storm is now, the red shaded area shows where it could form.The storm could strengthen into a hurricane, according to BAM Weather meteorologist Ryan Maue, who said Gulf water temperatures are over 82 degrees in spots, which is"plenty sufficient for a hurricane.
The weather system that could spawn the tropical depression is hovering over Georgia, according to the hurricane center. That system will sink south toward the Gulf over the next few days.
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