Tropical Weather Outlook

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 PM EDT Sat Aug 13 2022

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Northwestern Gulf of Mexico:
Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased since early this  
morning over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico in association with a 
broad low pressure area.  However, surface pressures remain high and 
any additional development should be slow to occur while the system 
moves slowly west-southwestward and approaches the Texas coast 
later today and tonight.  The disturbance is forecast to move 
inland over southern Texas on Sunday morning.  Regardless of 
development, locally heavy rains are possible along portions of 
the Texas coast through the weekend. For more information about the 
potential for heavy rainfall, please see products issued by your 
local National Weather Service office and the Weather Prediction 
Center. 
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

For more information on the system, see products issued by the 
National Weather Service at weather.gov and wpc.ncep.noaa.gov