Alberto Could Strengthen Sunday as It Blows Across Gulf to U.S.
- Storm’s bringing heavy rain across South, raising flood risk
- Early arriving event still disorganized as it heads north
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Subtropical Storm Albert will strengthen Sunday, making itself felt from Mississippi to Florida as it moves north in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s had little impact on offshore energy production, but threats for onshore flooding are high, the National Hurricane Center said.
Albert could become a full-fledged tropical storm rather than a hybrid, with top winds of 65 miles (105 kilometers) per hour as it pushes deeper into the Gulf Sunday into Monday, Daniel Brown, a hurricane center meteorologist wrote in a forecast analysis. A storm’s winds need to reach 74 mph to be called a hurricane.