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New Tropical Depression Forms Below Gulf Of Mexico

Once in the Gulf, the system could strengthen into a hurricane shortly before it reaches the U.S. mainland — possibly by Sunday morning, forecasters say.
The current forecast track calls for the storm to thread its way between Cancún, Mexico, and the western coast of Cuba.

A new tropical depression has formed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea — and it is expected to develop into a hurricane before possibly hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast late this weekend, the National Hurricane Center says.

The NHC about the storm, which has been dubbed.

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