Tracking the Tropics: Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine likely to become Helene – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTICA — Storm Team 2 follows now Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine in the Western Caribbean.

Meteorologist Brian Monahan from Severe Weather Team 2 The system is forecast to move into the eastern Gulf of Mexico, where it is likely to rapidly intensify.

“The waters in the eastern Gulf are very warm and conditions are ripe for a rapidly intensifying system,” Monahan says.

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If a tropical storm or hurricane were to form, that storm would become Helene, the eighth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

Florida's Gulf Coast is likely to experience potential impacts mid- to late-week. Here in Georgia, impacts will depend on the storm's exact path.

Monahan says rain chances are expected to increase throughout the week as a cold front moves in west of Georgia.

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