A​ tropical storm could form in the northwest Caribbean or southern Gulf of Mexico late in the week ahead, but details on its potential intensity, track and timing remain uncertain. Interests along the entire U.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Six has formed over the warm waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico with over two months left of 2024’s Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.

Newly-formed Tropical Storm Francine was named in the Gulf of Mexico Monday morning. Francine had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph as it moved north-northwest at 5 mph about 480 miles south-southwest of Cameron, Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.