As of 2 a.m. ET on Saturday, potential Tropical Cyclone Fifteen strengthened Tropical Storm Nadinehours before landfall. Continuing coverage of Tropical Storm Nadine has been moved here.

The National Hurricane Center has designated a developing tropical disturbance in the northwestern Caribbean as potential Tropical Cyclone 15.

The PTC designation allows the NHC and other governments to issue tropical weather alerts and warnings when a disturbance is not quite at the strength of a tropical storm, but is expected to occur quickly and storm impacts will occur within 36 hours.

In this case, the disturbance is undergoing last-minute development before making landfall in Central America on Saturday.

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Potential Tropical Cyclone Fifteen, previously designated Invest 95L by the National Hurricane Center, is located southeast of Belize and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Peak winds will be 30-35 mph moving west-northwest.

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Due to the threat, the Government of Belize has issued a Tropical Storm Watch from Belize City north to the border with Mexico and the Government of Mexico has issued a Tropical Storm Watch from the border with Belize north to Tulum.

What is the forecast for potential Tropical Cyclone 15?

PTC 15 still has a chance to become Tropical Storm Nadine if it continues to develop into an organized tropical system with winds of at least 63 km/h. But either way, the storm won’t last long and is expected to move inland across Central America on Saturday with gusty winds and heavy rain.

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“Interests in Belize and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula should monitor the progress of this system,” the NHC said. “Locally heavy rainfall is likely in parts of Central America.”

Precipitation totals could reach 6 to 8 inches, with locally higher amounts, especially over Mexico.

Central America Precipitation forecast with incoming tropical disturbance.

(FOX Weather)

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The disturbance poses no threat to U.S. FOX weather hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross said hostile atmospheric conditions over Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico should keep potential tropical systems from threatening the U.S. in the near future.