Tropical Weather Forecast - October 17, 2023

With only about 6 weeks left in hurricane season, things are a bit less active than earlier in the year in the Atlantic Basin. No tropical activity is showing up in the Gulf of Mexico or Caribbean Sea for now. However, it's still looking like invest 94-L, a tropical wave in the central Atlantic, will become our next tropical depression or storm soon. It will make it to parts of the Lesser Antilles later this week but should turn north before it would get anywhere close to SE Texas. The eastern Pacific is still busy with newly formed Tropical Storm Norma and another tropical wave. We may get some moisture from these systems about a week from now that would increase our rain chances.