Tropical Depression Eight in Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Depression EIGHT

Tropical Depression EIGHT	400 AM CDT SAT SEP 07 2013 ...DEPRESSION WEAKENS OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO...
WIND:	NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
WATCHES/ WARNINGS:	THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT
SHIP IMPACT:	NONE

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The low pressure area near Tampico Mexico is expected to move inland before becoming a tropical cyclone, but it is likely to bring 3 to 5 inches of rainfall and as much as 8 inches in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tamaulipas during the next few days.   Heavy winds, near tropical storm strength, are also expected which means that the area should be prepared to take appropriate actions just as they would if the tropical storm had already formed.

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SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...21.4N 99.3W
ABOUT 105 MI...170 KM WSW OF TAMPICO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...45 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WSW OR 250 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL...HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MEXICAN STATES
OF VERACRUZ...EASTERN SAN LUIS POTOSI AND TAMAULIPAS. THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

HISTORICAL DATA:

130 PM CDT FRI SEP 06 2013
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR
TAMPICO...
...CENTER MAKING LANDFALL AT THIS TIME...

WIND...WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE IN A FEW
SQUALLS OVER PORTIONS OF THE MEXICAN STATES OF VERACRUZ AND
TAMAULIPAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
RAINFALL...THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3
TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...IN THE
MEXICAN STATES OF VERACRUZ AND TAMAULIPAS.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 

400 PM CDT FRI SEP 06 2013
 
...CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION MOVING INLAND OVER EASTERN MEXICO...

Special Tropical Outlook Published for Atlantic

Special Tropical Weather Outlook (en Español*) 

Heavy Rainfall for Parts of Mexico 

1130 AM EDT FRI SEP 6 2013 

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... 

SPECIAL OUTLOOK ISSUED TO PROVIDE UPDATE 

ON THE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. 

GULF OF MEXICO

We have entered into the most active time of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season and the image above reflects several potential storms that are being tracked today by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. The yellow color indicates that none of the storms have a high risk of developing into tropical cyclones in the next 48 hours, but that doesn't mean that there won't be associated weather (eg. heavy rains) in the area of the developing storms.

In particular,  the low pressure area near Tampico Mexico is expected to move inland before becoming a tropical cyclone, but it is likely to bring 3 to 5 inches of rainfall and as much as 8 inches in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tamaulipas during the next few days.   Heavy winds, near tropical storm strength, are also expected which means that the area should be prepared to take appropriate actions just as they would if the tropical storm had already formed.

See: Tropical Depression Eight in Gulf of Mexico

REMNANTS of GABRIELLE

Unfavorable conditions are preventing the further development of the remnants from Tropical Storm Gabrielle, but that doesn't mean that development is completely out of the question.  Once the storm moves further northwestward, over open Atlantic waters, it could redevelop as it heads towards Bermuda.

OTHER DEVELOPMENT

This time of year, storms near Cape Verde Islands are pretty common and often those storms are the ones that make landfall in the U.S. on the east coast.   There is a low pressure system in the area, but there isn't an immediate risk of the storm becoming a tropical cyclone.

Click on the link above for the complete text of the Special Bulletin.