Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine Likely to Become Tropical Storm Helene
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has begun issuing advisories for Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, which is expected to develop into Tropical Storm Helene later today or tonight.
Forecasters say the system, currently producing disorganized thunderstorms in the northwestern Caribbean, will soon form a defined center of circulation. Once that happens, it will likely strengthen rapidly.
Helene is expected to move northward through the Yucatán Channel and into the Gulf of Mexico within the next 24 to 36 hours. Favorable conditions there could allow it to intensify quickly.