Forecasters said early Thursday, however, that the window for storm development is narrowing as it approaches Louisiana.

Regardless of development, heavy rainfall is expected over portions of Florida, which could bring localized flash flooding through mid-week.

A tropical depression could form later this week in the Gulf, but meteorologists say the system poses no threat to Florida.

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.

A system was detected off the Atlantic Coast of Florida and is expected to move into the northern Gulf Coast and develop into a tropical depression.

Invest 93L is taking its time moving across Florida, and it could still become a tropical depression later this week.

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 moving across northern Florida on Tuesday evening. It is expected to move westward, across the Sunshine State, and into the Gulf by Wednesday.

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.

L continues to move westward across the Gulf Coast and is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, according to the National Hurricane Center. The system is expected to continue moving westward across the northern portion of the Gulf,

Downpours capable of triggering localized flash flooding will spread into parts of Louisiana and Texas to end the week. A budding tropical rainstorm may cause winds and fire risk to increase in Hawaii.