Friday, June 2, 2023 11:27AM
June 1, 4 a.m. update
Tropical Depression 2 remains a weak and highly sheared system in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. TD2 has maximum sustained winds of 35mph, and is drifting south at 5mph into an environment with even more wind shear. That shear will keep this system from strengthening significantly, and while it may briefly become Tropical Storm Arlene, it looks more likely to stay a tropical depression before falling apart this weekend. There’s no threat to Texas, but some parts of Florida could see a few inches of rain as the system weakens and drifts south.
June 1, 4 p.m. update
Tropical Depression 2 is expected to briefly become Tropical Storm Arlene. The steering currents will push it south where a combo of dry air and high wind shear will tear it apart on its way to Cuba this weekend.
June 1, 3:30 p.m. update
Well that didn’t take long. On the first day of hurricane season we have a newly formed tropical depression over the Gulf near Florida. The first forecast from the National Hurricane Center will come out by 4 p.m., but the steering currents should keep it far away from Texas.
June 1
We are watching an area of low pressure in the eastern Gulf. Showers and storms associated with this low have shown some better organization over the past 12 hours. The National Hurricane Center has given this system a 50% chance of development in the next 2 days. Regardless of development, this system should continue to bring on and off heavy rain to the Florida Peninsula. There is no threat to Texas with this system.
The federal agency announced its forecast of 12 to 17 named storms, five to nine becoming hurricanes and one to four powering into major hurricanes with winds greater than 110 mph. Normal is 14 named storms, with seven becoming hurricanes and three of them major hurricanes. NOAA has given us a 40% chance of having a near normal season.
Hurricane season officially begins June 1 (although storms have been known to form before the start of the season).
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Southeast Texas
Houston
Harris County
Galveston County
Montgomery/Walker/San Jacinto/Polk/Grimes Counties
Fort Bend/Wharton/Colorado Counties
Brazoria/Matagorda Counties
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