a weather system moved towards the southeast from the central great plains into the deep south of the united states. after entering the gulf of mexico, the weather system became a cyclone. an approaching trough pushed the system across florida. a forecaster at the national hurricane center, jack beven, said that "as it [the storm] moved out into the bahamas, it appeared to take on the characteristics of a tropical storm." he also noted that because of the uncertainty, the national hurricane center did not call the weather system a tropical cyclone.