On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center joined other federal agencies and made an official switch to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the US Gulf.
On the Hurricane Center website, the Atlantic Basin image shows new labels for tropical activity and waters known for plagues and plagues in Pest Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Mexico.
The switch comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order called for a name change, although other countries, including Mexico, have not adjusted geographical labels.
The Hurricane Center’s daily tropical outlook had changed the body of waters that had been known as the Gulf of Mexico by Wednesday to Thursday morning.
This included a “high wind warning in the US Gulf” discussing a cold front that stretched from the Florida Panhandle to just north of Veracruz, Mexico.
The front moved southeast Thursday through Thursday, reaching just south of Veracruz from near Tampa Bay and began drifting southeast, according to forecasters.
The front is a strong north-to-northeast wind behind it, spurring the development of Gale off Tampico, Mexico, until early Friday morning, creating a peak ocean of 12-14 feet of waves.
The Gulf of Mexico labels can be found elsewhere on the Hurricane Center site, including pages with satellite images targeting various waters where tropical activity is common.
