System could bring heavy rain in Gulf
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Francisco was a tropical storm in the Philippine Sea Thursday afternoon Taiwan time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The storm formed in the Western Pacific Ocean at around 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Administration, Taiwan’s meteorological research and forecasting institution.
States along the Gulf Coast could see heavy rainfall from a low-pressure system currently off the northeastern Florida coast.
The disturbance in the Atlantic east of the Caribbean is moving west to northwestward, but forecasters expected it to weaken in the coming days.
Typhoon Co-may was upgraded from a tropical storm on Wednesday night as it strengthened over the South China Sea, northwest of Manila. With sustained winds just over 80 miles per hour, it is roughly equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane on the Atlantic scale.
According the the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Flossie could strengthen into a hurricane as early as Monday.
Chantal has weakened into a post-tropical cyclone and the flash flood threat from the storm has wanted, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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