A disorganized low-pressure area off Florida is showing increasing chances of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm 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 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.

The Florida Panhandle will see heavy rainfall from Invest 93L after it reaches the Gulf on Wednesday. The greatest threat to the area at the moment is flash flooding in low-lying, poor-drainage areas and urban locations. Invest 93L is currently expected to make landfall near Louisiana's southeastern coast Thursday morning.

We are FAR from that last part, but our next “cluster of storms” will move into the Gulf this week, and we’ll be keeping track of it for you. Odds of development have increased with our system now being designated as “Invest 93-L” and additional resources have been devoted for model data to try and pin down where this system is headed and how strong it will become over the course of the week.

The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday a system off Florida’s Atlantic coast remains disorganized, but could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm after it moves over land and into the Gulf this week.

The area of low pressure we’ve been tracking near Florida has shown signs of organizing the last couple of days.

The National Hurricane Center is giving the system a 40% chance of tropical development over the next seven days.

As a system of low pressure crosses into the Gulf of America, heavy rain is expected across much of Florida during the work week.