10:00AM CDT 13 June, 2026 Update
Above: This morning's visible image of the Gulf Low overlaid with GFS-analyzed 10-meter winds cr. TC-ATLAS
The Low in the western Gulf continues to gradually become better organized and is now likely centered just east of Tampico, MX, heading generally NW to NNW. Fluctuations in its path are likely over the next 3-7 days, but it is mostly modeled to head inland and then either track just inland from the coast of Texas, bumping into an approaching front, or reemerge off the coast roughly east of Brownsville, TX early next week.
The greatest risk with the area of low pressure in the western Gulf is going to be from the potential for several days of tropical rainfall and flooding, regardless of whether or not it becomes a Tropical Depression. The same will be true should it become a Tropical Depression, but never get a name. This is a system that is cranking up loads and loads of moisture into eastern Mexico, Texas and Louisiana, is likely to get stuck underneath a stalling front, and then get wrung out over the course of 3-7 days over many of the same areas. Flooding is always a serious risk with 'weak' systems that slow down or stall, but unfortunately, all-too-often these systems do not get the attention they deserve because they lack a name or title.
-Ciel
7:45AM CDT 12 June, 2026 Update
An area of low pressure has indeed formed in the Bay of Campeche. This is a very favorable region for Tropical Cyclogenesis and despite less-than-ideal conditions for development, development is possible and in fact the odds appear to be going up. An Invest tag is likely coming, specialized model runs would be added, and perhaps recon will also be tasked, depending.
-Ciel
Original Update
The 8am update for the tropical weather outlook now has the first area of interest for the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane season. This area would be the remnants of Cristina in the East Pacific after it crosses Guatemala and Mexico, which has a lot of high mountains. It's overall unlikely to develop, but worth watching in those areas and later on in the Gulf side of Mexico, and rainfall could reach its way into Texas after this. It'll be monitored for mid to late next week, but at this time development chances appear to be very low.
The remnants of east pacific Cristina with some tropical storm warnings up along Guatemala and El Salvador now:
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