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The summer of flooding and irritant-level tropical threats rolls with this week’s focus on a disorganized disturbance in the northern Gulf.
Invest 93L is currently churning in the Gulf and is expected to pick up a bit of steam before it makes landfall in Louisiana early Thursday afternoon.
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FOX 35 Orlando on MSNInvest 93L: Tropical depression could form by end of week, bringing heavy rainfall across Gulf CoastThe National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the FOX 35 Storm Team are tracking an area of low pressure sitting near the panhandle of Florida: Invest 93L. With plenty of fuel to feed the disturbance, Invest 93L has the potential to become a tropical depression by the end of this week.
The WLOX First Alert Weather Team is tracking Invest 93L.Invest 93L was moving westward into the east Gulf on Wednesday morning. Further development is possible with 93L. There are several favorable factors including very warm surface water temps in the Gulf.
The area of low pressure was just offshore the coast of Florida on July 15 and was becoming better organised, forecasters said.
Invest 93L is the label for a disturbance that crossed Florida early in the week and is now hugging the northern Gulf Coast as it drifts westward towards Louisiana. There is a medium chance for it to develop into a tropical depression or storm,
The National Weather Service office in Ruskin said there was a "marginal" risk for heavy rains and severe weather for west Florida. But the two-day rain forecast for Sarasota-Bradenton as for a quarter- to half-inch of rain through Friday morning.