Gulf Disturbance Could Become Storm Before Texas Landfall

(KHLA - Lake Charles, Louisiana) - There's a disturbance in the Gulf of America that the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is giving a good chance for development. We have all the details if it will make landfall on the Texas or Louisiana coasts.

The NHC is predicting that a disturbance off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico has a 40% chance of cyclone formation in the next seven days.

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This comes as all eyes are on Tropical Storm Erin and what direction it will head in the next few days.

Erin will become the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season sometime on Sunday. Current forecast models have it making a northeasterly turn when it enters the Carribean.

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The current cone of possibility for this gulf disturbance is essentially the whole gulf coast of Mexico and the southern tip of of Texas.

Gulf weather expert Meteorologist Zack Fradella says that hurricane hunter plans will be flying into the disturbance today and tomorrow to get a better look at formation and gain a better knowledge of the storm to aid hurricane forecasters.

Zack mentions that this storm could strengthen into a depression or tropical storm before it makes landfall in South Texas.

He also says that he doesn't see this storm being a threat to Louisiana.