Tropical Storm Marco headed to Mexico

Hurricane Hunters had to make a quick trip to the Bay of Campeche today to investigate a small little cloud mass. Once inside the storm they found winds blowing up to 65 mph. The thirteenth depression of the season has intensified into Tropical Storm Marco.

This storm will have no affect on the Houston area weather forecast.

Marco will be around for less than 24 hours; it should make landfall near Tuxpan, Mexico by Tuesday evening. But despite its small size, it could deliver a powerful punch. Winds will be near hurricane strength at landfall.

By the way, our numbers guy, Meteorologist Travis Herzog compared the size of the wind field of Marco to the size of Hurricane Ike and he figures Marco is 1/84th the size of Ike. Another way to look at it: Ike was 84 times bigger than Marco.