Tropical Depression 4 gets organized and is expected to strengthen
A storm south of Cuba was getting organized as it aimed for Florida's west coast and the Gulf of Mexico, with federal forecasters saying it's likely to become a tropical storm by late Saturday.
A storm south of Cuba was getting organized as it aimed for Florida's west coast and the Gulf of Mexico, with federal forecasters saying it's likely to become a tropical storm by late Saturday.
Until then, the front is being called Tropical Depression Four, with the name Debby available should it graduate to tropical storm.
Maximum sustained winds of 30 mph kept it below the 39 mph threshold for tropical storm status late Friday, but the National Hurricane Center said it would continue to strengthen. It was 75 miles south of Caibarien, Cuba, at 11 p.m. ET.
The front graduated from Potential Tropical Depression Four to Tropical Depression Four on Friday night as it gained strength over warm Caribbean waters.
It was "expected to become a tropical storm over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico by late Saturday," the hurricane center said in an update late Friday.
Rating: 5