Tropical Storm Alex still chugging

Tropical Storm Alex is still not a hurricane but it's a matter of inches. A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when it reaches sustained wind speeds of 74 mph (64.3 kn). It's getting there and it is also accelerating as it scoots north of the Yucatan Peninsula.

7:00 AM CDT Tue Jun 29
Location: 22.5°N 92.7°W
Max sustained: 70 mph
Moving: NNW at 12 mph
Min pressure: 983 mb

It was located about 455 miles southeast of Brownsville. It is projected to make landfall Wednesday evening as a Category 1 storm. The NHC is now not projecting it to reach Category 2. This could possibly be because the storm is running out of space for fuel and to increase in intensity over the Gulf of Mexico.