As per reports, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and tropical cyclone activity are expected to affect parts of Mexico on Wednesday (07 October).
• The National Meteorological Service (SMN) has forecast heavy to very heavy isolated rainfall across Mexico City and the State of Mexico. Tropical Depression Nine in the Gulf of America is forecast to strengthen as it moves east-northeast toward the northern Gulf Coast.
• Tropical Depression Nine was located approximately 615 kilometres west of Progreso, Mexico, and 1,015 kilometres southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River at 1500 hours local time (2100 hours UTC) on Tuesday (06 October).
• The system had maximum sustained winds of approximately 55 kilometres per hour with higher gusts and was moving east at approximately seven kilometres per hour. It is forecast to potentially strengthen into a tropical storm on Wednesday (07 October) and a hurricane on Thursday (08 October).
• The system is expected to pass north of the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday (08 October) before approaching the northern US Gulf Coast on Friday (09 October).
• Rainfall of five to 10 centimeters with higher amounts in isolated area is forecast across coastal areas of the Bay of Campeche through Thursday (08 October), particularly affecting Campeche and western Yucatan.
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