Houston Weather: Rain Chances Increase Tuesday as a Tropical Disturbance Moves Closer to Southeast Texas
The National Hurricane Center says AL97 could briefly strengthen before landfall, with a 50% chance of development and heavy rain for coastal Texas and Louisiana.
- The National Hurricane Center reports that AL97, situated about 125 miles south of Louisiana, has a 50% chance of developing within 48 hours.
- Satellite imagery shows the disturbance has become better organized since Saturday, moving west-northwest at about 25 mph toward upper Texas and southwestern Louisiana.
- Coastal sections of southwestern Louisiana and upper Texas could receive locally heavy rainfall over the next several days, with the system potentially arriving Tuesday or Tuesday night.
- Meanwhile, the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly are producing showers and thunderstorms across Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and northern Leeward Islands extending toward Hispaniola.
- Conditions could become more favorable for redevelopment by the middle of the week in the Gulf, though the National Hurricane Center estimates only a 20% chance over seven days.
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