National Hurricane Center: Tropical system in the Caribbean Sea has 70% chance of development
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted: 06/22/2012
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Floridians living and visiting the Gulf Coast region should keep an eye on a tropical system swirling in the Gulf of Mexico.
The system might bring thunderstorms and gusty winds to southwest Florida this weekend and forecasters say it has a 70 percent chance of turning into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours.
If the system were to become a tropical storm, it would be called Debby. Friday morning, the system was located near Cancun, Mexico. It is shifting slowly northward.
Gulf temperatures are warm and the wind shear -- winds blowing from opposite directions -- is low. Those are two main ingredients for helping a tropical system to develop.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
PRINT
Top Weather Headlines
-
WATCH: Storm Watch 2012
The ABC Action News weather team takes a look at what you need to do to prepare for this hurricane season.
-
Photos from Moore OK tell powerful story
-
Joplin survivor rides out Moore tornado
-
LIST: 25 deadliest twisters ever in US
-
1 killed, homes leveled in Okla. storms
-
Texas tornado outbreak kills at least 6
