A tropical threat on the Gulf coast has a 40% development possibilities in a tropical depression in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The system, which could currently be considered a “tropical storm” or “tropical disturbance”, is likely to bring heavy rains to the central coast of the Gulf for days, especially to the state of Louisiana.
It is expected that disturbance will move along the coast, but the closer to the shore, the less possibilities it will have to become a tropical depression or storm, since these climatic patterns need time on the water to develop, although a change in a more southern track would give you the opportunity to gain steam.
An flood clock will enter into force at 1 pm this afternoon for parts of Louisiana and Mississippi and is expected to last at least until Friday night, with the eastern part of the clock until at least Saturday night.
This tropical disturbance is expected to produce a long -term strong rain and, if it becomes a tropical storm, would be designated with the name Dexter.
It is generally expected that rain totals will be between 2 and 6 inches, but the National Meteorological Service is highlighting some localized areas that are expected to receive up to 15 inches in the region.
In other places, strong showers and thunderstorms today are expected today for Ohio, West Virginia, all from Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey, with rain rates of more than 2 inches per hour on Wednesday and Thursday.
The storms are expected to begin around 2 pm in Ohio and then move east in a very dispersed way during the afternoon, night and night.
It is already in place for a flood clock for the center and north of New Jersey, where 1 to 2 inches of rain could fall into a period of 1 to 3 hours, probably at night or during the night for this place.
On Wednesday a severe risk of damaging wind and tornadoes, along with sudden floods, for portions of Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, including Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay and Peoria.
The store manager, Chad Pickens, talks about the damage suffered in The Great Outdoor Provision Co. After it was flooded during the tropical storm Chantal, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Chapel Hill, NC (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
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It is already in place for Green Bay, where they wait 2 to 3 inches of rain for a short period of time, with locally possible amounts, and the storms can reach Chicago, Milwaukee and Green Bay around 4 pm local time.
Heavy thunderstorms are also possible at the last minute of the night from Kansas to northern Missouri, with rain rates of 1 to 2 inches per possible hour.
Meanwhile, 70 million Americans are under heat warnings from coast to coast, with dangerously hot conditions that are expected today for people in the northwest, south and northeast.
For the northwest, there is a warm notice from northern California to northern Washington, since Portland, Oregon, could reach about 100 degrees and Seattle, Washington, could reach the casualties in the mid -90s, temperatures that are 10 to 15 degrees above the average.
A heat notice is in force for southern Louisiana to Illinois, with a heat index of up to 105 to 109 possible, including New Orleans, Memphis, Little Rock and Shreveport, temperatures that are 5 to 10 degrees above average.
The United States is now aimed at the hottest part of the year, climatologically, and this weekend it looks seasonally hot throughout the country, with the heat greater than the possible average next week, especially for the west, south and east medium, which means temperatures in the 90 upper and the lowest 100, with the humidity that worsens things for these regions.
