ORLANDO, Fla. — A disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico has higher odds Tuesday morning of becoming the next tropical depression of the year, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Radar imagery shows a trough of low pressure over the Bay of Campeche is getting better organized and is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, according to the 8 a.m. update.
Development is possible if the disturbance when the system moves Tuesday and Wednesday west-northwestward to northwestward over the far southwestern Gulf of Mexico where it could become a tropical depression over the next day or so. Although, the low will struggle through upper-level winds later this week.
