Tropical Depression 9 in the Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane by the middle of next week.
Louisiana Climatologist Barry Keim says the system is expected to strengthen over the weekend and enter the southeastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday after it crosses western Cuba as a hurricane.
“The National Hurricane Center is currently projecting a landfall near Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday morning as a major hurricane, but note that the storm path projections are likely to change a bit,” said Keim.
It doesn’t appear as if Louisiana will be impacted by the storm. But Keim says three-to-five-day forecasts tend to get altered.
“Right now it looks like a south Florida problem, but Louisiana certainly needs to keep a watch on this thing,” said Keim
The next tropical storm name on the list is Ian.
