Last Updated on August 22, 2020, 11:00 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Tropical Depression #14 was upgraded to a Tropical Storm Marco, with winds at 40 MPH by the National Hurricane Center.
Marco has maximum sustained winds of 40 Miles per hour, and it is moving north-northwest at 13 miles per hour. The minimum central pressure of Marco is 1003 MB.
Now it appears that both Laura and Marco could impact Texas by the next week.
The region has some hot and mostly dry weather to prepare for whatever comes its way regarding the tropical weather.
Isolated strong thunderstorms may pop up during the afternoon on Saturday as well as Sunday as highs jump into the mid-90s.
It is a highly uncertain and complex situation which is expected to unfold over the Gulf. Two tropical systems may become simultaneous threats to the US Gulf Coast early next week.
The hurricanes may even get sucked into an odd dance around each other which is known as the “Fujiwhara effect.”
Or they may also fall apart as they soak Mexico and the Caribbean this weekend.
Joel Cline, National Weather Service Tropical Program Coordinator, said that a lot of people would also be impacted by the storm surge and rainfall in the Gulf of Mexico.
He said that since people do not know, people need to take precautions.
Cline added that as of 10 pm on Friday, Laura was located 195 miles east-southeast of Puerto Rico, and it had the maximum sustained winds of around 45 miles per hour. Laura is moving west-northwest at around 18 miles per hour.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Laura is likely to get tangled up with the Greater Antilles this weekend, which would slow intensification. It is still projected to become at least a category one hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.
It is becoming even more likely that Laura could impact Louisiana and possibly Texas late in the week, possibly as a strengthening hurricane.
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