Tropical Storm Karl is inching toward Mexico’s coast Friday morning and could lose its tropical storm status before landfall. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring a new threat in the eastern Atlantic.
As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. update, Karl was located about 80 miles north-northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, moving south-southeast at 7 mph with maximum sustained winds at 45 mph, up from 40 mph just three hours prior.
The storm, which will not impact Florida, is not expected to strengthen significantly before it reaches the Tabasco or Veracruz states of Mexico late Friday night or early Saturday. It will weaken once it makes landfall. The NHC is confident that Karl’s strength will likely not change before landfall but hasn’t ruled out the possibility of the storm becoming a depression before arriving on the coast.
