What will happen in the tropics through the weekend?
Story by Courtney Pedersen, Staff writer
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While the peak of hurricane season has passed for Southeast Texas, two potential disturbances are being tracked in the Atlantic.
The National Weather Service Lake Charles isn't showing any potential impacts to Southeast Texas from either possible disturbance.
"They're not going to really do much, at least for our area," Meteorologist Stacey Denson said. "That front that just came through, it's kind of basically blocking anything from coming up into the Gulf."
Of the two potential disturbances, the one located near the Yucatan Peninsula has the highest chance of formation with a 50% chance within the next seven days, according to the National Hurricane Center.
However, if it does develop, Denson said the disturbance is expected to track west across the Yucatan and into Mexico.
"There is really no chance it would come north because of that front," Denson said.
The front creates a wall of high pressure sitting over the east side of the country from Maine to Texas, according to Denson.
The other potential disturbance is north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but it only has a 10% chance of formation.
Either way, Denson said nothing is expected to come from it. If anything were, the front would be expected to protect the region.
"That front is probably going to hang out down there through the weekend... the forecast is showing," Denson said. "But after that, we still are going to have a good chance for probably another front sometime down the road next week or so, and then that'll just set up the same pattern again."
Although hurricane season does not end until Nov. 30, Denson said weather patterns typically protect the area during this time of year.
"We're kind of at that point in the year where we get those boundaries coming through every week, every two weeks, it kind of keeps us protected," Denson said. "We're not at the end the hurricane season yet, but we are getting to that point where the likelihood of something making its way to the Gulf is decreasing."
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