A disturbance near Florida could evolve into a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Dexter this week, according to forecasters.

Hurricane center forecasters said the system, designated as Invest 93L, is forecast to continue moving westward and could emerge or redevelop.

The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle was showing signs of becoming a tropical depression on Thursday while moving towards the northern Gulf Coast, officials said

Invest 93L was moving westward across the Florida Panhandle between Tallahassee and Panama City, as of 7 a.m. Wednesday morning. The storm is expected to continue on its track in a westward motion until it makes landfall somewhere along Louisiana's eastern coast around 2 p.m. Thursday.

Forecasts suggested widespread rainfall totals between 2 and 4 inches, with isolated areas seeing as much as 7 inches by Tuesday evening. Authorities emphasized the risk posed by flooding, including rapidly rising waters in streams and dangerous road conditions in both cities and rural areas.

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A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week. National

The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased its forecast chances a system already dumping rain on Florida could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.