TS Gamma continues its journey towards Mexico; Three other areas of interest show potential for development

Teenaged Bicyclist Killed in Lafourche Parish Crash
October 3, 2020
TPSO: Two individuals shot in Dularge overnight
October 3, 2020
Teenaged Bicyclist Killed in Lafourche Parish Crash
October 3, 2020
TPSO: Two individuals shot in Dularge overnight
October 3, 2020
At 7 a.m. CDT, the center of Tropical Storm Gamma was located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea about 40 miles (65 km) south-southeast of Tulum, Mexico. Gamma is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h), and this motion should continue at a slower forward speed today. On the forecast track, the center of Gamma should move inland over the eastern Yucatan Peninsula later today, and be near the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday.
Reports from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 65 mph (100 km/h) with higher gusts. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles (130 km) from the center. Some slight additional strengthening is possible before Gamma makes landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula today. After landfall, some weakening is expected.
Elsewhere on this Saturday morning, a tropical wave is producing widespread cloudiness, showers, and thunderstorms over the eastern and central Caribbean Sea. Locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds are affecting portions of the ABC Islands, the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and portions of the coasts of Colombia and Venezuela.
Environmental conditions are expected to become a little more conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form next week while the system moves westward or west-northwestward at about 15 mph across the central and western Caribbean Sea and then into the southern Gulf of Mexico. It has a low (20 percent) chance of formation during the next 48 hours and a medium (50 percent) chance during the next five days.
Another tropical wave is located over the central tropical Atlantic, producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This system is expected to move toward the west-northwest or northwest at 10 to 15 mph, and some development is possible during the next couple of days before it encounters strong upper-level winds. It has a low (20 percent) chance of formation during the next 48 hours and five days.
Also, an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central Atlantic more than 1000 miles east-southeast of Bermuda is associated with a surface trough of low pressure. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next couple of days before it too encounters strong upper-level winds. It has a low (10 percent) chance of formation during the next 48 hours and five days.