The National Hurricane Center predicted the depression could strengthen into a tropical storm Thursday night or Friday.
MIAMI — A tropical depression formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, which is the official first day of the National Hurricane Center forecasters said in a 5 p.m. advisory that the storm had sustained winds of 35 mph and was located about 305 miles west-northwest of Fort Myers, Florida.
But the system should begin to weaken by Friday night and degenerate into a remnant low by Saturday. Tropical storms have winds of at least 39 mph; anything 74 mph or higher is designated a hurricane. The hurricane season runs through Nov. 30. Last year’s season had 14 named storms, with extensive damage caused by Hurricanes Ian, Nicole and Fiona.
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