

Depression forms in Gulf, moving into Mexico today


A tropical system moving into Mexico has rapidly developed into a tropical depression today, says the National Hurricane Center.

Disturbance organizing as it moves inland. (NOAA)

Disturbance organizing as it moves inland. (NOAA)

However, as this system is moving inland it faces only a brief window to become a tropical storm. What it will do is bring some heavy rains into Mexico.

The tropical moisture moving into the upper Texas coast is part of this system, and should bring the Houston region some scattered afternoon showers today and tomorrow.

Eric Berger

35 Responses

  1. Bill in Houston says:

    C’mon rain!

  2. Matt Simpson says:

    It will become a tropical storm, even if for only 20 minutes. They are getting desperate to reach the number of “named storms” to match their predictions.

    • daytripper says:

      Paranoia will destroy ya!

    • Marcos says:

      actually daytripper,

      3 of this years 7 named storms dissipated a few hours after reaching ‘named storm’ status. 20 years ago, they probably wouldnt even have been named…

    • supermonkey says:

      Matt Simpson: “It will become a tropical storm, even if for only 20 minutes. They are getting desperate to reach the number of “named storms” to match their predictions.”

      This is another way of saying, “The National Hurricane Center is fraudulently naming storms.” Do you have anything to back up this claim other than shallow accusations? If this storm system doesn’t get named, will you come back here and publicly apologize for making such claims?

    • Just Me says:

      FenceSitter, I agree with you about the poems. Some are pretty bad. I’d take a Katy joke over them any day!

  3. anyone seen mike hunt? says:

    Hello??? a little more warning would have been helpful to us here in Katy!!
    evactuating now, but unable to pack all my stuff. just bringing the essentials. beer, chips and more beer.

    • fencesitter says:

      lol love the katy jokes, some of the poems, well give it up.

    • Joe says:

      Gee whiz, I guess you would be the only one evacuating then…like last time. Joined the 450,000 cars on the Katy Freeway headed west out of Houston in a mass stoppage for pee breaks, food, and gas…leaving the Katy residents trapped inside their own city, unable to get supplies to ride it out, like 99% of them did.

    • Just Me says:

      Oops! Let me put this in right place! FenceSitter, I agree with you about the poems. Some are pretty bad. I’d take a Katy joke over them any day!

  4. Bob in Champions says:

    Very concise. I like it!

  5. ken koster says:

    I really enjoy the reports- and the fantastic science articles- but if the storm does not effect us- leave it alone- not news. Yes we need the rain- that would be awesome- just seems like the chron sometimes is hungry for weather news- “tropical storm forms!” where is it? in the Pacific ocean not affecting anyone heading east.

  6. Wasn't My Fault says:

    Katy folks should start evacuating, right?

  7. Eric:

    Three That Can Happen All Of A Sudden:

    1. You get busy.

    2. The kitchen sink gets stopped up.

    3. A tropical depression forms, in the
    Gulf of Mexico.
    Not enough, to raise much cain-
    But, will surely bring much needed

  8. Michael Bludworth says:

    Again with the rain promise! …promises won’t water the lawn!

  9. Kenny says:

    I understand that September 22 is first day of Fall. do you think we might get some cool weather during that year. And I know one time in month of October I think it was 1995 or so it rain and rain during month of October….

  10. Johnh says:

    so….Pedro gets wet….means nothing to us

    • kay says:

      Many of Pedro’s family live here and they have a need to know.

    • supermonkey says:

      Johnh: so….Pedro gets wet….means nothing to us

      Thanks, Johnh. For a moment there, I was starting to get this weird idea that the world is a big place, and that so much of it exists outside my own backyard. I was developing this nagging suspicion that there was more to life than my own immediate surroundings. I’m glad you were here to remind me that anything beyond my own close border is inconsequential to the bigger picture.

    • Joe says:

      So I guess Katy would be outside of your backyard then, right, monkey?

  11. NewMutt says:

    Worst year ever for groundswells in the Gulf of Mexico!

  12. roadchick says:

    The criteria for naming a storm are pretty strict: it has to have sustained winds of at least 39 miles an hour to be named. So no, I don’t think meteorologists are just arbitrarily naming tropical systems in a desperate attempt to reach their storm predictions.

    • kay says:

      Wouldn’t the storm have to be sustained for 1 hr. at 39 mph in order to obtain that status? Less than that would it still be named as a tropical storm?

  13. Old Weatherman Jim says:

    Because their “highly confident” predictions for a busy hurricane season are obviously going to go down in flames, you can expect every cluster of thunderstorms in the tropics to be classified and named between now and November 30th. This hurricane season has been a total dud. Already September 6th and not even one hurricane yet. All depressions and tropical storms so far with an average life cycle of about 10 minutes. This was the first Labor Day I can remember in many, many years without at least one named storm active that day. (Gabrielle formed later in the week). That is almost completely unheard of. The problem we have is a bunch of arrogant, know it all “forecasters” who have convinced the world that they can predict approximate numbers of specific weather systems six months in advance. Hogwash! Most forecasters couldn’t tell you where a single thunderstorm will form a few hours in advance…much less months ahead of time. This advance hurricane prediction nonsense is the biggest con job ever sold to the public. As I’ve said before, if you just predict the average number of tropical storms/hurricanes that have occurred each year for the past 100 years, you will be right most of the time. That does not imply you have “skill”. It simply means you are betting the safest odds.

    • Joe says:

      So do something else if you hate it so bad. Do your own and publish it. Start a weather show, start a blog, do t.v., something. Just quit whining about it all the time. Jeez.

  14. tamugrad07 says:

    Wonder what happened to that high number of named storms we were supposed to have. We’re only on TD8…in the middle of September? I’m guessing the forecasters really just don’t have a clue about how active the season will be or there is commercial motivation behind the BS. The latter sounds plausible.

  15. Ed C says:

    Eric, your headlines aren’t helping my blood pressure. I am right on the coast. I thought to myself, oh no I’m going to have to do this that and the other to prepare for a sudden storm. Then I find out after the jump it is going to Mexico. That right there is hyping up the weather my friend.

    • Chris says:

      Fear is what will always get people to click on the article. With so many options out there don’t be surprised to see headlines trying whatever they can to hype any story they can grasp on to.

  16. Spooley says:

    Wow! Katy dodged the bullet again.

  17. susank says:

    Why does God hate us so much?