{"id":58033,"date":"2023-06-01T17:15:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T21:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=58033"},"modified":"2023-06-01T17:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T21:15:22","slug":"nhc-reports-invest-91l-has-upgraded-to-tropical-depression-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/06\/nhc-reports-invest-91l-has-upgraded-to-tropical-depression-two\/","title":{"rendered":"NHC reports Invest 91L has upgraded to Tropical Depression Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 Atlantic hurricane season has officially arrived,<\/a>&nbsp;and Florida residents are keeping a close eye on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theledger.com\/story\/weather\/hurricanes\/2023\/05\/31\/national-hurricane-center-forecast-path-system-florida-impact-gulf-of-mexico-arlene-4-tropical-waves\/70268129007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tropical Depression Two<\/a>, which formed in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&amp;fdays=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gulf of Mexico<\/a>&nbsp;late Thursday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/210630_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/210630_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png 897w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/210630_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/210630_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind-768x630.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>June 1 marks the first day of the hurricane season, which runs until Nov. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/MIATWDAT.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tropical Depression Two is moving slowly over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico<\/a>. The center is about 305 miles west-northwest of Fort Myers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At its 5 p.m., advisory, the National Hurricane Center said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/refresh\/MIATCPAT2+shtml\/012037.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">maximum sustained winds are at 35 mph<\/a>&nbsp;with higher gusts. It is expected to intensify and it could become a tropical storm Thursday night or Friday. However, the system should be short-lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are high enough to support tropical development. Temperatures in the central and eastern Gulf range from the mid-70s to low 80s. For a tropical system to develop, temperatures need to be in the upper 70s or higher, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/hurricane\/tropics-may-come-alive-as-hurricane-season-gets-underway\/1534054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AccuWeather<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first named storm of the season will be Arlene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;2023 Atlantic hurricane season has officially arrived,&nbsp;and Florida residents are keeping a close eye on&nbsp;Tropical Depression Two, which formed in the&nbsp;Gulf of Mexico&nbsp;late Thursday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[459],"tags":[2355],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58035,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58033\/revisions\/58035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}