Jacksonville, FL — A tropical depression is expected to form by the end of the week from a broad area of low pressure moving slowly westward over the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to move west, keeping the most adverse impacts away from Jacksonville and NE Florida.
Action News Jax Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh says this has the potential to drop a lot of rain over the Florida Panhandle and northern Gulf Coast. The greatest local impacts would be enhanced tropical moisture with times of downpours Wednesday through Thursday.
INDEPTH: Talking the Tropics with Mike Buresh
“As long as the track is far enough south, in other words out over enough water, this thing could strengthen more and more as it looks like it moves westbound. And that’s good news for Jacksonville and northeastern Florida”, Buresh said.
Anyone along the Florida Panhandle to Texas should be prepared for significant rainfall for the end of the week.
Update at 1 am EDT July 9 - Here are Key Messages for the system with a high chance of tropical cyclone formation in the northern Gulf of Mexico later this week. For more information see https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB and https://t.co/SiZo8ohZMN #AL92 pic.twitter.com/4RhSHOONer
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 9, 2019
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— Mike Buresh (@MikeFirstAlert) July 9, 2019
#firstalertwx steering (upper level) flow for POSSIBLE Gulf tropical disturbance later this week @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/iIaXkC6EIM
— Mike Buresh (@MikeFirstAlert) July 9, 2019
#firstalertwx update on the tropics: https://t.co/hKQw0uA9DO "Talking the Tropics With Mike" @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/a1snrqv62i
— Mike Buresh (@MikeFirstAlert) July 8, 2019
