CAMEROTA: Forecasters are keeping a close eye on the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical system could strengthen into a major storm. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers has our forecast. It feels early for this, but it's not.</s>CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It does. It isn't because the water is warm. It always depends on the temperature of the body of water that the tropical system gets into, and the Gulf of Mexico is hot out there. Above 83 degrees. The storm still is over Georgia, though. So that's going to be the rub. It gets into the Gulf of Mexico and it's going to take some time to develop. This weather is brought to you by Xyzal, all night, all day allergy relief. Does it get there? Yes. The hot air is there. To the northeast today, it's going to be a dry day. But to the southeast, you can see the air. It's muggy. It's hot. It's humid. And the computer models taking this into the Gulf of Mexico. The European model taking it very close to Lafayette, Louisiana, where the GFS, the American model, is close to Houston, Texas. A lot of rainfall with this. Whether it develops into a category one, two or anything at all, it's going to be a rainfall event. Much of this rainfall could be in the 10 to 20 inch rainfall range. The American model says somewhere in New Orleans, close to 10, but the European model, with this white right there, John, over Lafayette, over new Iberia, that's 20 inches of rain or more. I know they get that down there, but in 24 or 48 hours, that's still a flood event. We'll be watching.</s>BERMAN: Some's getting very wet.</s>MYERS: Yes.</s>BERMAN: We're going to keep an eye on this, Chad. Thank you very much.</s>MYERS: You're welcome.</s>BERMAN: A major Trump donor able to bypass environmental hurdles after a secret meeting with a member of the administration. What a CNN investigation has uncovered, next.
Gulf Braces for Tropical System