Tropical Storm Francine will demonstrate a “faster motion” to the northeast on Tuesday as it continues to develop offshore by the northern Gulf Coast of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The system, which developed into a tropical storm Monday, is expected to keep strengthening and make landfall along the Gulf Coast this week, the center reported.
In an afternoon briefing, hurricane center Director Michael Brennan said Francine would likely become a hurricane overnight Monday or early Tuesday.
Estimated 245 miles south southeast of Rio Grande, the storm carried sustained winds of about 65 mph on Monday. The system only moved north-northwesterly at 5 mph, forecasters said.
The center has issued a hurricane watch for the Louisiana coast, from Cameron eastward to Grand Isle. Meanwhile sweeping tropical storm watches are in effect from High Island, Texas to the Mississippi-Alabama border, as well as Mexico’s Barra del Tordo through the mouth of the Rio Grande.
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