Tropical system remains on a path for Florida’s Gulf Coast

Miami Herald Sat, Jun 4 6:09 AM PDT 

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It’s now all but certain that a tropical disturbance in the Western Caribbean will develop into a cyclone, and Florida’s Gulf Coast is in the cross hairs. The system, which is nearing Yucatan Peninsula, has a 70 percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone by Monday, and a 80 percent chance of doing so in the next five days, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 8 a.m. advisory. The system is not currently on a track to hit South Florida, but the region should expect heavy rains in the middle part of next week. “A low pressure system is expected to form in association with this disturbed weather over the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico or the adjacent waters by [Sunday] and move generally northward,” according to the NHC’s advisory. ...