Franklin Will Intensify To A Cat 1 Hurricane Before Aug 10 Mexico Landfall

Tropical storm Franklin is weakening as it hits landmass while traversing the Yucatan peninsula in its first landfall into Mexico.

It will emerge into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday morning CDT. And then as it moves west will gradually strengthen in the warm waters. Landfall will occur near Poza Rica De Hidalgo in Veracruz state at about 8 AM CDT on August 10, Thursday.

The most of the intensification of Franklin will occur 12 hours before the Veracruz hit. It will see it transforming into a respectable category 1 hurricane with sustained 10 minute winds of 120 km/h, gusting upto 160 km/h.

In the meantime expect a near 36 hours drenching of the 3 Mexican states in the Yucatan, Belize and Guatemala.

VIDEO: Franklin approaches Cancun

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SATELLITE IMAGE OF FRANKLIN AT 5:45 UTC, 00:45 CDT.

MINIMUM PRESSURE OF HURRICANE FRANKLIN BEFORE EXPECTED LANDFALL AT VERACRUZ STATE ON AUGUST 10 MORNING CDT 

EXPECTED WIND GUSTS BEFORE THURSDAY LANDFALL

TRACK FORECASTS OF HURRICANE FRANKLIN 

Tropical Depression Two-e Will Bring Heavy Rains To Central Mexico, Yucatan In Coming Days: To Florida On June 11,2014

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Satellite image of TD-Two-e as seen at 2100 hrs, (UTC) June 2, 2014

Is Tropical Storm Boris coming? May be. May be not. But a deep depression has formed in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico. This system is likely to movie slowly through central Mexico in the next few days bringing very heavy rains there.

After moving into the Gulf of Mexico Two-e is expected to gain strength. It is going to give a deluge to the Yucatan peninsula. The question is will Two-e cross the NHC threshold to become a tropical cyclone; To be christened "Boris"?

Two-e is also going to bring heavy precipitation to Florida on June 11, 2014. It is then expected to weaken and move eastward into the Atlantic Ocean after that.

That is the present forecast. But will Two-e turn bigger and nastier than as is expected now? More importantly, will it stray from the predicted course and hit other states besides Florida?

...TORRENTIAL RAINS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO AS THE DEPRESSION MOVES TOWARD THE COAST

Here is what the storm guru, JTWC, has to say about Two-e.......

Heavy rains hit Florida on June 11, 2014

Current NASA satellite image of tropical storm BORIS

Another view of tropical storm BORIS