Tropical Depression Cristobal began to move toward the north on Friday morning and watches were issued for parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast.\u00a0 At 11:00 a.m. EDT on Friday the center of Tropical Depression Cristobal was located at latitude 20.0\u00b0N and longitude 89.9\u00b0W which put it about 40 miles (65 km) east of Campeche, Mexico.\u00a0 Cristobal was moving toward the north at 12 m.p.h. (19 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 35 m.p.h. (55 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 45 m.p.h. (75 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1000 mb<\/p>\n
A Tropical Storm Watch was issued for the portion of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Intracoastal City, Louisiana to the border between Alabama and Florida including Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas.\u00a0 The government of Mexico issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the portion of the coast from Punta Herrero to Rio Lagartos.<\/span><\/p>\n The circulation around Tropical Depression Cristobal exhibited more organization on Friday morning.\u00a0 Bands of strong thunderstorms wrapped around the eastern and northern portions of the circulation.\u00a0 Bands in the southern and western sides of Cristobal still consisted primarily of shower and lower clouds.\u00a0 The center of circulation was still over the Yucatan peninsula and there were not a lot of thunderstorms close to the center.<\/p>\n Tropical Depression Cristobal will move through an environment favorable for intensification during the next 48 hours.\u00a0 Cristobal will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 27\u00b0C.\u00a0 It will move under the western side of an upper level ridge.\u00a0 The ridge will produce southerly winds which will blow toward the top of the circulation.\u00a0 Those winds will cause some vertical wind shear, but the shear will not be large enough to prevent intensification.\u00a0 Tropical Depression Cristobal will strengthen into a tropical storm during the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n Tropical Depression Cristobal will move around the western end of a subtropical high pressure system over the western Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 The high will steer Cristobal toward the north during the next 36 to 48 hours.\u00a0 On its anticipated track the center of Tropical Depression Cristobal could approach the coast of Louisiana on Sunday afternoon.\u00a0 Cristobal is likely to be a tropical storm when it approaches the northern Gulf Coast but there is a slight chance it could be a hurricane at that time.<\/p>\n Tropical Storm Cristobal will bring gusty winds to the north central Gulf Coast.\u00a0 Those winds will push water toward the shore and they will generate a storm surge along the coast.\u00a0 Many places could experience a rise in the water level of 1 to 4 feet (0.3 to 1.3 meters).\u00a0 In some locations the water level could rise 4 to 6 feet (1.3 to 2.0 meters).\u00a0 Rainbands on the northern and eastern sides of Cristobal could drop heavy rain.\u00a0 Flood Watches have been issued for parts of southern Louisiana and southern Mississippi.<\/p>\n The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to fly into Tropical Depression Cristobal on Friday evening.\u00a0 Their observations should provide important information about the circulation around Cristobal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tropical Depression Cristobal began to move toward the north on Friday morning and watches were issued for parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast.\u00a0 At 11:00 a.m. EDT on Friday the center of Tropical Depression Cristobal was located at latitude 20.0\u00b0N and longitude 89.9\u00b0W which put it about 40 miles (65 km) east of Campeche, Mexico.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[387,386,384,2039,2045,51,1213,113,24,493,716,112,2048,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9650,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9649\/revisions\/9650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}