Gulf of Mexico two hurricanes, Could there be two hurricanes in the Gulf?
Gulf of Mexico two hurricanes, Could there be two hurricanes in the Gulf?.
With a new tropical storm and a tropical depression aiming for the U.S., forecasters say both could be swirling in the Gulf of Mexico as hurricanes next week.
If that happens, it would be the first time two hurricanes were in the Gulf at the same time, says FOX 13's meteorologist Jim Weber.
"Everyone is wondering, 'Have we seen this before?' The answer is no, we have not seen two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico before. There's no record of two hurricanes," he explained. "We have had two tropical systems -- either a tropical storm and a depression or two tropical storms, but we've never actually had two hurricanes in recorded history in the Gulf of Mexico. So we might actually see a first with this."
Tropical Depression 13, east of the Caribbean islands, officially became Tropical Storm Laura this morning. It will skirt the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, according to the National Hurricane Center. The early, still uncertain track showed it potentially being near Florida by Monday as a hurricane.
Reconnaissance planes flew through this storm Friday morning, finding winds of 45 mph and a center of circulation further south than first thought.
"If it ends up being further to the south, it would actually have more land interaction. It wouldn't allow this system to strengthen as much," Weber said.
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