ORLANDO, Fla. — The disturbance emerging in the Gulf of Mexico is looking more organized Tuesday afternoon and will likely become a tropical depression or storm in the next day or so, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Radar imagery shows an area of low pressure over the Bay of Campeche is getting better organized and is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, according to the 2 p.m. EDT update.
Development is possible if the disturbance 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.