An area of low pressure that formed over the Bay of Campeche, in the Gulf of Mexico, increased its probability of becoming a tropical depression to 80% in the next few hours, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported in his share of 2 pm on Tuesday.
Satellite data indicated the disturbance increased in strength and could become a cyclone as early as Wednesday as it moves slowly northwest over the southwestern shore of the Gulf of Mexico.
A reconnaissance plane flew this afternoon to investigate the system. To date, no alerts or warnings have been issued related to this phenomenon.
The NHC reported that heavy rains are expected in parts of southern Mexico for the next few days.
This new tropical wave formed north of where Hurricane Julia made landfall over the weekend, whose remnants are over Pacific Ocean waters and continue to cause heavy rains and flooding in southern Mexico.
Julia entered Nicaragua as a category 1 hurricane, leaving behind thousands of victims and at least 19 deaths in Central America.
The La Guajira Peninsula in Colombia and multiple states in Venezuela were also affected by torrential rains, flooding and landslides.
So far in the 2022 hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends November 30, 10 storms have formed, five of which have been hurricanes.
The next name that would bear a storm that forms in the Atlantic will be Karl.
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