Tropical depression to form in the Gulf this weekend

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The National Hurricane Center has upgraded the tropical disturbance approaching the Gulf of Mexico to Potential Tropical Cyclone (PTC) Four and issued the first forecast track.

The disturbance was previously known as Invest 97L, but has since been upgraded to a potential tropical cyclone, which could trigger alerts and warnings for Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Hurricane hunters are gathering storm data Friday morning.

NHC releases first track of PTC4, which is expected to become a tropical depression this weekend(VUEW)

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If it continues on its current path, PTC4 is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression or storm before making landfall. Next on the list is Debby.

The system is expected to enter the Gulf on Saturday.

Impacts such as heavy rains and the possibility of flash flooding will begin early in the Florida peninsula and could make landfall on Florida’s west coast as early as Sunday.

The threat from Alabama west to Louisiana remains very low.

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