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Northern Gulf coast on alert for flooding rains and gusty winds
The system in the western Gulf of Mexico is slowly beginning to consolidate. A circulation is forming in the southwestern Gulf, which is expected to eventually organize into a tropical depression tonight or tomorrow as it pulls to the north.
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The system in the western Gulf of Mexico is slowly beginning to consolidate. A circulation is forming in the southwestern Gulf, which is expected to eventually organize into a tropical depression tonight or tomorrow as it pulls to the north.
The eventual system will be a combination of the disturbance we’ve been following near the southern Mexican coast and a weak disturbance with its accompanying moisture that has trekked across the ocean. They will meet later today, and the combination is expected to become a depression.
High pressure is pushing into the Gulf from the Atlantic, and the flow around the high will provide the oomph to move the combo system toward Louisiana or Mississippi. The bad weather will begin tomorrow in the form of heavy rain and gusty winds.
The upper-level winds are forecast to continue to be fairly hostile, so a strong storm is not expected in the northern Gulf. The upper winds will be blowing over the system from the southwest to the northeast, which will push the gustiest thunderstorms to the right-front side and ahead of the circulation. This is why the weather at the coast will deteriorate well before the center crosses the coastline.