Tropical Storm Arlene weakens.
The weak tropical storm Arlene during the early morning has lost in organization, but still maintains maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, a central pressure of 998 hectoPascal and moves with a course close to the southeast at a rate of 15 kilometers per hour.
At 6:00 a.m., its central region was estimated at 24.4 degrees north latitude and 85.4 degrees west longitude, a position that places it in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico some 365 kilometers west of Key West and 280 kilometers north of Cape San Antonio, the western tip of Pinar del Rio.
Over the next 12 to 24 hours, this system will continue to move in a near south-southeasterly direction, with little change in its speed, weakening further to become a tropical depression today, Saturday, and a remnant low overnight until dissipating in the southeastern waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The next Tropical Cyclone Watch for this system will be issued at 6:00 p.m. Saturday.
