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he National Hurricane Center reports that a new tropical depression has formed today in the northern Gulf of Mexico, headed west toward the Texas Gulf Coast. It is the fifth of the season, and, if it strengthens as predicted will soon become Tropical Storm Edouard.
Here is the latest advisory. Here is the forecast storm track. And here is the satellite loop.
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.
