Hurricane Rafael will eventually make it into the Gulf of Mexico, but the atmosphere will be hostile for a tropical system near Texas.

Hurricane Rafael will eventually make it into the Gulf of Mexico, but the atmosphere will be hostile for a tropical system.

RACE. BUT FIRST, AT SIX, OUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER TEAM HAS BEEN TRACKING A POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE OUT THERE. WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THIS IS GOING TO GET NAMED, AND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT ...

(CNN) — A broad area of low pressure in the western Caribbean Sea is becoming better organized and the National Hurricane Center is initiating advisories on the system as of 4 p.m. Sunday.

The disturbance is being called Potential Tropical Cyclone Eighteen, a designation used by the National Hurricane Center to mark a system that has not yet met the criteria for a tropical ...