Tropical Storm Rafael is expected to weaken by Monday morning, days after it slammed into Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. On Wednesday, Rafael made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane,

"Rafael poses no direct threat to land, but swells from the storm are still contributing to an elevated rip current risk along the northern and western Gulf Coast, and this will likely continue into Monday before subsiding on Tuesday,

Rafael weakened Saturday to a tropical storm and was expected to dissolve over the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane. Rafael was 290 miles north-northwest of Progreso,