Tropical weather tracker: Tropical Depression forms in Caribbean, should become Hurricane Rafael

The systems was designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 on Sunday and formed into a tropical depression Monday. It's expected to move into the Gulf.

[Sweet--Richard.]

There's a cold front moving in which will prevent it from impacting Houston

[Personalfinance_]

My 💰 is another trip to Cancun for Raphael.

[jpan]

Here we are, 24 days from Thanksgiving, still talking about potential landfall of a hurricane. I know hurricane season officially ends in early December, but c’mon. Santa, please give us an early Christmas present and send a front to disrupt and shear this system to pieces. The folks in Louisiana would sure be grateful.

[brianvector]

It's going to turn east and slam into Tampa as a category 5.