WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday is watching two areas of unsettled weather for possible tropical development.
One is in the Gulf of Mexico. For now, it has a low chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm. However, longer-range models spin up a hurricane in about a week.
"It's a low-pressure system that eventually will develop. It's not there yet. But it will happen later on this week into the weekend," WPTV First Alert Weather meteorologist Jennifer Correa said. "Anywhere between Cuba, also Central America and the Yucatan. Basically in the northwest Caribbean Sea."
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Some models take the system toward Florida's west coast, while some take it toward Mexico. It's still very early, but an area to watch.
If it strengthens into a named storm, it would be Helene.
Out in the Atlantic, what used to be Tropical Storm Gordon is slowly pushing to the north.
It may redevelop in the next several days. Either way, it is not a threat to any land.
