The National Hurricane Center has increased the chances for tropical cyclone development in the Gulf to a Moderate Chance (40%). Latest forecast model trends are showing that a broad low is expected to develop in the Gulf by late this weekend,

In its 8 a.m. EDT Friday Tropical Weather Outlook, the National Hurricane Center gave two-day and seven-day odds of development of a tropical or subtropical cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico of 0% and 40%, respectively.

The National Hurricane Center expects a low pressure system in the western Caribbean Sea to end up as another tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico.