{"id":345058,"date":"2026-07-19T06:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345058\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T06:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:38:17","slug":"gulf-system-could-become-tropical-depression-near-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345058\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf system could become tropical depression near Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A developing weather system in the eastern Gulf could become a tropical depression near Florida while bringing heavy rain to parts of the Southeast, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).<\/p>\n

Satellite images and surface observations showed a broad area of low pressure forming Saturday, but its winds remained light and its showers and thunderstorms were disorganized.<\/p>\n

Gradual development is possible as the system, designated AL91<\/a>, moves slowly north or north-northwest over the next few days. Heavy rain is expected along Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast, southern Alabama and southwestern Georgia.<\/p>\n

The system has a 30% chance of developing within 48 hours and a 40% chance over the next seven days. An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft is scheduled to investigate Sunday if needed.<\/p>\n

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Only one named storm has formed during the Atlantic hurricane season. Tropical Storm Arthur brought heavy flooding to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia in June.<\/p>\n

Colorado State University recently lowered<\/a> its seasonal forecast to nine named storms, including four hurricanes and one major hurricane, citing a strengthening El Ni\u00f1o that is expected to suppress storm development.<\/p>\n

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is also predicting a below-normal season, with eight to 14 named storms, including three to six hurricanes and one to three major hurricanes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A developing weather system in the eastern Gulf could become a tropical depression near Florida while bringing heavy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[123364,28,30,29,141409,49562,4571],"class_list":["post-345058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-2026-atlantic-hurricane-season","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico","tag-tropical-cyclones","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}