NU Online News Service, Aug. 17, 1:58 p.m. EDT
Once again, the storm in the Gulf of Mexico called "Tropical Depression Five" has moved onshore and now has a "near 0 percent" chance of forming into a tropical storm over the next 48 hours.
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide said the storm will bring rainfall to some parts of the Mississippi coast, but the impact is "not expected to be significant."
AIR also said further development of the system is not expected.
Late last week, the storm made landfall in Louisiana but failed to intensify into a tropical storm. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) described the storm as poorly organized at the time, and as of Aug. 12 the NHC gave the storm a near 0 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone within 48 hours.
Yesterday, the NHC gave the storm a high chance–60 percent–of becoming a tropical cyclone as it moved back over the Gulf and as conditions became conducive for the storm to develop.
In its latest update today, the NHC said, "Development of this system is not expected now that the low [pressure area] has moved onshore. There is low chance–near 0 percent–of this system becoming a tropical cyclone."
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