Gulf Coast residents need to pay attention as not one, but two tropical systems could impact the area in the coming days.
Having two systems so close to the US at the same time complicates things to say the least. «It’s always tough to predict hurricanes, especially their intensity,» CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen says. «In this case, it’s tough to say at this point which storm will be the strongest. The storms could potentially interact with each other and that makes this forecast (or two) even more complicated.» The focus is on the Gulf of Mexico Both systems are headed to the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time. This is rare. In fact, only twice in recorded history have we ever had two systems that were tropical storm strength or stronger in the Gulf simultaneously. Once on June 18, 1959, and again on Sept.5,1933. Right now, both storms could possibly intensify to hurricane strength as they move through the Gulf of Mexico. «We have never had two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico simultaneously,» Phil Klotzbach, a tropical researcher for Colorado State University points out.
