MIDWAY, Fla. (WTXL) -- A broad disturbance in the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico has acquired enough organization to become a tropical depression.
As of late Tuesday, the depression was located 160 miles west-southwest of Campeche, Mexico, moving to the east at 6 mph. Its highest sustained winds were 35 mph.
The system is forecast to continue moving mainly to the east through the next few days. Within the next 24 hours, the depression will be over the warm waters of the southwestern Gulf, and is expected to become Tropical Storm Hanna. Afterwards, interactions with the Yucatan Peninsula land mass should cause weakening, while still triggering massive amounts of rainfall in those areas.
Late in the week, the remnants of the system will reach the westernmost Caribbean, where it is forecast to slow down. Future organization after that point remains very unclear.
It is highly unlikely the Big Bend will experience any impacts from this system, as it will remain in the southern portions of the Gulf with no indications of significant movement to the north.
The WTXL ABC27 Storm Team Weather Hurricane Center contains additional graphics and information about the Atlantic basin and the tropical depression.
