The Yucatan Peninsula is feeling the heavy rains and relatively high winds from Tropical Storm Karl this afternoon, as the 55 mile per hour tropical storm slammed on shore earlier in the day. Karl currently has a minimum central pressure of 994 millibars and is headed west at 14 miles per hour.

The main problems which will stem from Karl will be the heavy rains. Portions of the Yucatan, as well as Belize, and Northern Guatemala could see widespread areas of 3 to 5 inches of rain, while 8 inches of rain is possible in some isolated locations.

Tropical Storm Karl will emerge in the Bay of Campeche some time this evening, possibly strengthening to a Hurricane before making landfall on the Eastern Mexican coast near Tampico sometime early Saturday morning. The National Hurricane Center will give another update on the storm at 4 PM CDT. All interest along the Mexican East Coast should pay attention.