ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — As the remnants of Hurricane Agatha move over southern Mexico, a large area of disturbed weather has developed over the Yucatan Peninsula.

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By Friday, this system is expected to organize into a tropical depression. Between then and Saturday, there’s a chance further organization may result in our first named storm of the Atlantic season, Alex.

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By Saturday, we’re watching this system’s potential impacts on Central Florida, although the exact track and timing are still uncertain.

The European model has been consistently forecasting a more northern track, ultimately close to Central Florida. This would spell a wet forecast for Saturday, with a threat for severe storms and pockets of flooding. The American GFS forecasting model and others have been consistent with a fsystem farther south, with minimal impacts locally.

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Until the new tropical depression officially develops, it’ll be hard to get an accurate lock on the forecast track, but once it does, by Thursday or Friday, we’ll have a better idea which way this system will go, and ultimately what impacts, if any, we’ll see in each of our 10 Central Florida counties.

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