The National Hurricane Center has increased the chances for development of a system of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico.
A tropical or subtropical depression or storm could form during the early to middle part of next week, depending on environmental conditions, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
Regardless of development, the system is expected to heavy rain over much of Florida’s Peninsula late this weekend into next week, which is especially bad news for the areas still recovering from the damage — including flooding and storm surge — left behind by Hurricane Helene.
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Whether it becomes a named storm or not, the system will bring heavy rain to the Florida Peninsula starting around Sunday and extending into next week, said Dr. Ryan Truchelut, chief meteorologist with WeatherTiger. Truchelut is a Florida meteorologist who works with the USA TODAY Network.