The system is threatening to bring heavy rain and the risk of flash floods to the northeastern and central Gulf Coast this week, and could become a tropical depression within days.

The National Hurricane Center thinks a tropical depression could form in the Gulf in a few days. Forecasters continued to track an area of low pressure that was in the western Atlantic Ocean just east of the Florida peninsula on Tuesday. It is expected to move westward, across the Sunshine State, and into the Gulf by Wednesday.

A low-pressure system near the east coast of Florida is expected to move into the Gulf by Tuesday. Heavy rains to impact Alabama.

Will it rain today? Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 to Nov. 30, 2025, with most tropical storm activity between August and October in Florida.

"Should development take place on the Atlantic side of Florida, it may once again drift northward toward the U.S. coast," Accuweather said on July 11. The more plausible option is development on the Gulf side, which could be steered westward along the northern Gulf Coast, the weather forecast company stated.

The would-be storm was a broad area of showers and thunderstorms near the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon. It’s expected to drift west into the Gulf by Thursday, where it has

The storm remains disorganized on Wednesday but still has time to strengthen over the Gulf before making landfall on Thursday.