Tropical Depression Twenty-Six Forms at 10 p.m. CDT

From meteorologist Jason Myers......

A low pressure system in the southwestern caribbean sea has been upgraded to a tropical depression as of 10 p.m. CDT. This is Tropical Depression 26 and is located near latitude 11.1 north, longitude 81.5 west, about 170 miles east-southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua. T.D. 26 is moving to the northwest at 3 mph with maximum sustained winds at 35 mph, not far from tropical storm status. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1006 mb.

The main problem with T.D. 26 looks to be flooding rains in Central America due to the storm's slow movement. In fact 10 to 15 inches across western Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua is possible....with some isolated areas receiving up to 20 inches of rain.


Big Country Weather Update.........

At 10:45 p.m. in the Big Country, showers and thunderstorms are continuing to move in from the west and northwest. These scattered storms are moving to the east at 15 mph. Rainfall amounts between a few hundreths to near fifteen hundreths of an inch will be possible.