UNITED STATES - The south is due to see some heavy rains this week, thanks to the weather patterns in the Gulf of Mexico, while Tropical Depression Eleven developing in the western Atlantic could bring rain to parts of New England.
According to weather reports from NBC and AccuWeather, the Gulf system doesn’t pose any threat to Southwest Florida, but does bring possible flooding across from Louisiana to Northwest/Western Florida.
The Weather Channel reports that the Altantic occurrence could also bring enhanced rainfall to eastern New England later this week. According to Roland Clark of the Weather Advisory Service, the system should be located approximately 200 miles southeast of the New Jersey shore by 8:00 a.m. Friday morning.
Combined with the possible developing tropical storm we recently reported on over the Gulf of Mexico, the east side of th country can count on considerable moisture, according to AccuWeather, as well as possible flash floods in certain areas. The chances for a hurricane still reportedly remain low, however, due to wind shear.
"Wind shear is the changing of wind direction and speed at various levels of the atmosphere,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said in the report. “In order for tropical systems to form or strengthen, wind shear must be weak. While convection should flourish, it will likely be pushed well east of the center of circulation, which would prevent any development."
Heavy rain fall first began yesterday, when Mobile, Alabama, and Pascagoula, Mississippi, both got over 7 inches of rainfall. The pattern is expected to continue throughout the deep southern region through the middle of the week, with areas including:
- Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas
- New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana
- Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi
- Mobile, Alabama
- Pensacola, Panama City
- Tampa, Florida.
AccuWeather warned that any travel along Interstate 10 from Florida into Texas could be seeing wet roads as well.
