The National Hurricane Center on Friday upgraded the disturbance in the Bay of Campeche to Potential Tropical Cyclone 4, with an 80 percent chance of developing into a named system over the next five days.
National Hurricane Center projections call for 45 mph sustained winds when the system makes landfall over northeast Mexico or extreme South Texas. Consequently, Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect southward from Port Mansfield, Texas, to Boca de Catan, Mexico.
At 4 p.m., the system was centered near 20.7 N and 94.5 W, or about 400 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande. The system was moving northwestward at 14 mph.
The Houston-Galveston National Weather Service office on Friday evening was expecting little direct impact from the disturbance other than possibly elevated seas offshore.
Meanwhile, locally, another cold front sliding south by Monday and deep tropical moisture will serve to keep rain around for many of the next seven days, with heavy amounts of 3 to 4 inches possible in Galveston County over that time span.
Stan Blazyk is a life-long weather enthusiast, long-time Galveston resident and author of "A Century of Galveston Weather." He has written about weather for The Daily News for more than a decade.
Will no one mention that in the areas where it's headed each inch of rain could be worth a billion dollars or more? The 8 inches Galveston county got this month should be worth billions.
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We're really enjoying this rain.
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Bailey > For once I agree with you. If only we could save some for later.
Will no one mention that in the areas where it's headed each inch of rain could be worth a billion dollars or more? The 8 inches Galveston county got this month should be worth billions.
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