The National Hurricane Center said July 16 it is continuing to monitor an area of low pressure moving across Florida toward the Gulf.

The tropical development in the northern Gulf of Mexico this week is expected to be limited due to its close proximity to land, but it will still pose a danger for the millions who reside across the region.

Is it merely another drippy week along the Gulf Coast—or perhaps the beginning of something much more significant? With the Atlantic hurricane season cranking up, everyone is following a large area of showers and thunderstorms chugging westward from the Florida Panhandle into the Gulf of Mexico.

There’s growing concern for another significant rain and flooding event this week, this time along the Gulf Coast, from what could become the Atlantic basin’s next tropical system.

A storm system in the northern Gulf of Mexico could drop 8 inches or more of rain on Lafayette through Saturday, causing flash flooding.

Regardless of how the system develops, the National Weather Service said in a Wednesday morning update that "a surge of tropical moisture could enhance the risk of showers and thunderstorms" in Southeast Texas by the end of the week.

The risk of heavy rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds coming to south Louisiana this week has increased as a low pressure system near Florida heads for the Gulf of Mexico.

A total of 3 to 5 inches overall is expected in Baton Rouge from Wednesday night through Sunday with locally higher amounts possible.

AccuWeather forecasters are keeping an eye on an area close to Florida which shows some potential for tropical development July 15-18.

A perfect storm of a slow-moving pocket of moist air, parched terrain and a hilly area prone to flash flooding unleashed absolute hell on Texas Hill Country — where more than 50 people have died, according to meteorologists.

The summer of flooding and irritant-level tropical threats rolls with this week’s focus on a disorganized disturbance in the northern Gulf.