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A tropical disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was forecast to bring significant rainfall to parts of Texas and Louisiana this week and was expected to develop into a tropical storm and possibly even a hurricane, the National Weather Service says.
美國(guó)國(guó)家氣象局稱,預(yù)計(jì)墨西哥灣西南部的熱帶擾動(dòng)本周將給德克薩斯州和路易斯安那州部分地區(qū)帶來大量降雨,并有望發(fā)展成為熱帶風(fēng)暴,甚至颶風(fēng)。
The system was forecast to drift slowly northwestward during the next couple of days, moving near and along the Gulf coasts of Mexico and Texas, the weather service said Sunday. "A tropical storm is expected to form during the next day or so," the weather service said Sunday afternoon.
氣象部門周日表示,預(yù)計(jì)未來幾天該氣旋將緩慢向西北移動(dòng),靠近墨西哥灣和德克薩斯州沿岸。氣象部門周日下午表示:“預(yù)計(jì)未來一天左右將形成熱帶風(fēng)暴?!?/p>
Donald Jones, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana, said during a weather briefing Saturday night that parts of Southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana should expect a "whole lot" of rain in the middle and later part of this week.
路易斯安那州查爾斯湖國(guó)家氣象局的氣象學(xué)家唐納德·瓊斯 (Donald Jones) 在周六晚間的天氣簡(jiǎn)報(bào)會(huì)上表示,本周中后期,德克薩斯州東南部和路易斯安那州西南部的部分地區(qū)將迎來“大量”降雨。
"Definitely want to continue to keep a very close eye on the forecast here in the coming days because this is something that could develop and evolve fairly rapidly. We're looking at anything from a non-named just tropical moisture air mass all the way up to the potential for a hurricane," Jones said.
“未來幾天,我們肯定會(huì)繼續(xù)密切關(guān)注天氣預(yù)報(bào),因?yàn)檫@種情況可能會(huì)發(fā)展得相當(dāng)快。我們正在關(guān)注各種情況,從未命名的熱帶濕潤(rùn)氣團(tuán)到潛在的颶風(fēng),”瓊斯說。
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