Tropical Storm Delta is strengthening over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and is expected to become a hurricane on Tuesday. National Weather Service New Orleans meteorologist Kevin Gilmore says the storm appears to be on track for Friday morning landfall.
“It looks like it’ll be a landfall of around a Category 1, but that may change,” said Gilmore.
Gilmore says the current projected path has Louisiana in the crosshairs for that landfall, but the cone of uncertainty is much wider.
“The cone for right now has anywhere from the Texas-Louisiana border all the way to Panama City Beach, Florida,” said Gilmore.
Gilmore says coastal residents should not rest on this storm just because it is threatening this late in the season as the northern Gulf Coast has a history of notable storms.
“We’ve had storms that have kind of formed around this path. We’ve had storms also this late in the year and actually had some major hurricanes in October too,” said Gilmore.
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