80% chance of Gulf-bound tropical depression in Caribbean

Are you standing on the Rock of Salvation?

Source: http://content.usatoday.com

A low-pressure area over the western Caribbean now has an 80% chance of developing into a tropical depression as it heads toward the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center reports in their 2:00 p.m. update.

If a depression and then a storm does form, it would be named Alex, and could play havoc with Gulf oil cleanup operations. Tropical depressions have wind speeds of below 39 mph, and become named tropical storms when their wind speeds surpass 39 mph.

Possible worst disaster:

An Air Force reconnaissance plane will be investigating the disturbance later today to determine whether a tropical cyclone has formed, the center says.

"Shower activity has become a little more concentrated this morning ... and surface pressures are falling," the center reports. "Upper-level winds are gradually becoming more conducive for development ... and the system is likely to become a tropical depression before it reaches the Yucatan Peninsula in a couple of days."

Regardless of whether the system is a depression or named tropical storm, extremely heavy rain will affect Central America and the western Caribbean over the next few days, according to meteorologist Jeff Masters of the Weather Underground.

Honduras will be the nation most at risk from the system, he notes, as 4-8 inches of rain could drench northern parts of the nation over the next two days. Heavy rain of 3-6 inches can also be expected in northeast Nicaragua, Cuba, Belize, the Cayman Islands and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

As for its potential affect on the USA, Masters says the computer models that forecasters use to predict its path can't seem to make up their minds yet: "A likely landfall location is difficult to speculate on at this point, and the storm could hit virtually anywhere along the Gulf of Mexico coast given the current uncertainty in its development."

..............................................................................................................................................
Isaiah 55:6Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:Isaiah 55:7Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
John 3:16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life

God bless you!
.........................................You can share this note by clicking on the button below.