If Rafael survives until next week and is pushed into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, it would be the first November storm to track that far southwest in the Gulf.

With the current forecast track by NOAA's National Hurricane Center (NHC), Rafael is expected to weaken and stay out over the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico through the weekend and take a turn ...

WPBF 25 First Warning meteorologists are tracking Hurricane Rafael, which formed Monday in the Caribbean Sea as a tropical storm. Rafael became the fifth major hurricane of the 2024 season on ...