Tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico has a 50% chance of forming

While a low pressure area is expected to develop over the next day or two, Hurricane Kirk is strengthening in the Atlantic into a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of nearly 140 miles per hour.

Hurricane activity has increased again after a brief lull in August. Since Helene’s landfall, three named storms have formed, leaving at least 128 people dead and hundreds still missing.

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Here’s what we know about possible tropical disturbances.

NHC tracks tropical system in Gulf of Mexico with 50% chance of formation

According to the NHC’s PM Weather Alert, this system is expected to develop into a widespread low pressure area over the southwest or south-central Gulf of Mexico over the next day or two, and further subsequent development is possible as the low slowly moves eastward or northeast. A tropical or subtropical depression or storm could form early to mid-next week if the low remains separated from a frontal boundary that is expected to extend across the Gulf of Mexico next week.