{"id":378457,"date":"2026-07-19T06:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378457\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T06:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:23:17","slug":"monitoring-the-gulf-coast-for-potential-tropical-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378457\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring the Gulf Coast for potential tropical development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The tropics have been quiet but now all eyes are on the a tropical disturbance trying to organize in the eastern Gulf. There is an upper-level low pressure area off the coast of Florida. If this low can sink to the surface, it could become our next named storm. The chances of this forming over the next 7 days is now 50%. <\/p>\n<p>Moderate chance of developing over the next 7 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The latest model data shows most model solution keeping the heaviest rain in the eastern Gulf, with best rain chances from Florida to Louisiana. With the help of high pressure and a approaching front, this could help stop the disturbance from reaching southeast Texas.<\/p>\n<p>High pressure helps block tropical moistureSphaghetti Plot<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Right now the heaviest rainfall is well east of southeast Texas. <\/p>\n<p>Best chance for rain from in coastal Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">But here\u2019s the catch: History tells us that there could still be a slight opening for development and movement into southeast Texas. This will depend on the high-pressure system to our north. The high pressure\u2019s placement will determine if there is an opening for the low to drift farther west. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">So next week, it\u2019s really a battle between the model guidance and the larger-scale weather pattern. For now, I\u2019m keeping Houston dry, but we\u2019ll be watching closely and will update the forecast if that low starts heading our way.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The tropics have been quiet but now all eyes are on the a tropical disturbance trying to organize&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[171,56,58,57,7094,133833,121291,121200,12371],"class_list":["post-378457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-forecast","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-weather","tag-invest-91-l","tag-the-gulf","tag-tropical-disturbance","tag-tropical-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}