Tropical Storm Arlene continues to move south in the Gulf of Mexico, with rapid weakening forecast.
As of 5 a.m. Saturday, it was located 240 miles west of the Dry Tortugas.
The storm is moving south-southeast at 9 mph.
Winds remain at 40 mph with higher gusts.
No watches or warnings are currently in effect.
Arlene should become a tropical depression later today and degenerate into a remnant low late tonight.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 998 mb.
Tropical Depression 2 was upgraded Friday afternoon to Tropical Storm Arlene.
Tropical Depression 2 became the first tropical depression of the season Thursday evening -- on the first day of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center concluded an earlier January system became subtropical, but was not assigned a name.
The complex will stay well away from Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida and will not impact our weather.