A disturbance in the southwest Gulf of Mexico has now been designated Potential Tropical Cyclone 1.
That means it’s the first storm of the season to get a cone of uncertainty, but it’s not expected to have a big impact on Florida.
The large disturbance is located over the Bay of Campeche near Central America and is expected to move to the north-northwest, with a slight turn to the west later in the week.
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The system has a 70% chance of becoming a tropical storm by Wednesday. If that happens it would be named Alberto and it would be the first named storm of the season.
Maximum sustained winds right now are near 40 mph, and extending 290 miles to the northeast of the center.
The disturbance is expected to bring strong winds, heavy rain and storm surge along the Mexico and Texas coasts over the next couple of days.
A potential tropical cyclone is a designation used by the National Hurricane Center when a storm is not yet meteorologically tropical in nature, but is expected to become at least a tropical storm prior to landfall.
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