Hurricane Rafael, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Area to watch in Atlantic monitored for development as Hurricane Rafael churns through Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Rafael entered the Gulf of Mexico late Wednesday after making landfall in western Cuba earlier in the day. To the east of Rafael, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring another area for possible development in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean as the countdown to the end of hurricane season begins.
Rafael is now the 5th major hurricane of Atlantic season
Rafael is expected to continue to intensify into major hurricane strength Wednesday after becoming a hurricane the prior night. It began as a Category 1 before strengthening into a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday morning.
Tropical Storm Rafael forms in Caribbean, forecast to become hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
Tropical Storm Rafael formed in the Caribbean on Monday, a storm that's predicted to intensify into a hurricane and threaten the Gulf Coast this weekend.
National Hurricane Center continues to monitor system in Atlantic, Tropical Storm Rafael
The National Hurricane Center is continues to monitor a system in the Atlantic with low odds of developing into the seasons next tropical depression or storm and weakening Tropical Storm Rafael. As of the NHC 7 a.
Rafael weakens into tropical storm, NHC still tracking system in Caribbean
Hurricane Rafael was downgraded to a tropical storm as it continued westward in the Gulf of Mexico posing no threat to land for now while the National Hurricane Center kept track of another system with low odds to develop into the next tropical depression or storm.
Rafael downgrades to tropical storm, NHC still tracking system in Caribbean
What was Hurricane Rafael downgraded to a tropical storm as the system still heads west into the Gulf of Mexico and continues to be no threat to

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