Tropical Storm Arlene Soon to be a Depression

Tropical Storm Arlene has been dumping heavy rains along Mexico's northern Gulf coast and is currently centered 65 miles SSW of Tampico, MX. Heavy rain has been the main headline with this storm; another 15" of rain is expected to fall in parts of interior central Mexico!


It's also been impacting southern Texas... Brownsville had more than 3" of rain today.

Arlene is barely hanging on to tropical storm status. It currently has 40mph maximum sustained winds, which is near the very bottom of tropical storm status. Arlene will continue to weaken as it moves west-southwestward over Mexico's mainland, and should become a tropical depression within the next few hours.