The National Hurricane Center on Thursday lowered its forecast chances that a system that had moved over Florida the day previous could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm. As of the NHC’s 2 p.

A sprawling tropical system churning toward the Gulf Coast threatens to bring significant rain and flash flooding this week to a large swath of the southeast, from the Florida panhandle to Louisiana and parts of eastern Texas.

In its latest updates, the National Hurricane Center has downgraded tropical development chances in the Gulf to 10% over the next 2 and 7 days.

A low-pressure system that drenched Central Florida on Tuesday could become the next named tropical storm. Invest 93-L, is currently northwest of Central Florida and forecast to move into the Gulf. The disturbance remains disorganized with a 40% chance of developing into a tropical system over the next 48 hours.

Depression or no depression, the system could bring several inches of rain to the north-central Gulf Coast, including Alabama, through Friday. The National Weather Service in Mobile thinks that the most rain with this system will likely fall closer to the coast, with scattered storms possible.

The Gulf Coast is facing a surge of tropical moisture as Invest 93L moved through the Florida Peninsula on Tuesday and threatens ... An invest is a designation used by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to indicate an area that is under increased ...

The National Hurricane Center outlines an area of possible tropical development in the Gulf that could impact Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, and MS.