Tropical Storm Gamma formed on Friday and continues to batter the Yucatan Peninsula with wind and rain this weekend. As the storms moves slowly west-southwest in the coming days, it will produce life-threatening flash flooding across parts southern Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

While tropical moisture will spread north through Florida on the eastern side of Gamma’s circulation, it doesn’t appear that there will be any direct to the U.S. Gulf Coast. That being said, there is another disturbance in the central Caribbean that will be heading into the southern Gulf by early next week.

There is a pretty good chance that this will become Tropical Storm Delta, and that we have two named storms in the Gulf at the same time.

It’s a bit too far away to say exactly what impacts, if any, this second system may have on the U.S.. However, it goes without saying we need to be keeping a close eye on it over the next few days.

Tropical Depression 25 formed in the western Caribbean Friday morning. This is an area we’ve been watching for the last several days, and is a usual hot spot for tropical development this time of the year.

As long as there isn’t too much land interaction with the Yucatan Peninsula, this should become Tropical Storm Gamma in the next day or two. There isn’t any immediate threat to the U.S. at this point. For now it’s just something to be keeping a close eye on. By early next week this will find its way into the Bay of Campeche, and at that point we should have a really good idea if/when/where there will be any Gulf Coast impacts.