Tropical Storm Michael may soon form and settle in the Gulf

A tropical depression or a storm should now form in the coming days. She is heading to the Gulf of Mexico.

The National Hurricane Center predicts that a tropical depression or tropical storm will form Sunday or Monday in the northwestern Caribbean or southern Gulf.

She could then head north and hit the American coast of the Gulf of Mexico later next week.

While a runway towards the north coast of the Gulf seems more likely from Saturday, it is still too early to say how strong the storm will be or where it will touch the land.

The hurricane center warned those along the northern Gulf Coast, as well as western Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula, to monitor the system closely over the next few days.

As of the last update, at 1 pm CDT Saturday, the disruption occurred in the northwestern Caribbean, east of Belize, and was slowly heading north.

Belize's satellite data, surface observations and radar data show that the system continues to show signs of organization and that "wind circulation is gradually improving," said the hurricane center.

Conditions should become more favorable to tropical development, and the storm could become a depression or a storm Sunday or Monday.

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A storm must have a closed and defined circulation center and winds of at least 39 km / h to be considered a tropical storm and have a name.

The next name on the list is Michael.

Mobile's national weather service continued to monitor the system closely on Saturday.

Forecasters said it was still too early to identify a landing point or an intensity.

"It is important to note that the forecast trajectory and the intensity of this projected system are still very uncertain," said the meteorological service on Saturday.

"Models have a hard time accurately predicting a system that has not been developed yet. We can therefore expect them to resist until a definite low and closed circulation has developed and deepened.

Moderate risk of breakup currents Today, we expect a Monday increase in the continuous monitoring of the tropics.

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– NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) October 6, 2018

However, there will be a high risk of deadly return currents starting early next week.

The chances of rain should also increase.

The hurricane center also continued following the long tropical storm Leslie on Saturday, which takes place in the central Atlantic and does not threaten the lands.

As of the last update, Saturday at 10:00 am CTT, tropical storm Leslie was located about 630 miles northeast of Bermuda and was moving east at 15 km / h.

Leslie had winds of 60 mph and could weaken some over the next 48 hours, the hurricane center said.

The strong waves of the storm will continue to affect parts of the east coast of the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, the Greater and Lesser Antilles and Atlantic Canada, forecasters said.