Combined FPREN/NOAA dispatches

Tropical Depression 4 is officially Tropical Storm Debby, it enters the Gulf of Mexico and the ingredients are there for it to intensify, and slow down. Bad combination.

Saturday afternoon, Tropical Storm Beryl intensified into a hurricane and was expected to quickly reach major storm status. A relatively quick westward to west-northwestward motion is expected during the next few days. On the forecast track, the system is expected to move across the Windward Islands late Sunday night and Monday.

Multiple rounds of dangerous thunderstorms are expected as another strong winter storm barrels across the country. Damaging winds and a few tornadoes (potentially strong) are possible, especially over the Panhandle and North Florida.

The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on two disturbances, but only one has a chance to turn into a named storm.