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

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

The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday continued to project a medium chance that a system moving over Florida would emerge into the Gulf and develop into the season’s next tropical

The Tampa Bay area can expect a 70% chance of rain Wednesday as the eastern edge of the system passes overhead.

Heavy rainfall with a risk for flash floods are predicted across portions of Florida as Invest 93L moves across the state.

"Should development take place on the Atlantic side of Florida, it may once again drift northward toward the U.S. coast," Accuweather said on July 11. The more plausible option is development on the Gulf side, which could be steered westward along the northern Gulf Coast, the weather forecast company stated.

The hatched areas on the National Hurricane Center's tropical outlook map indicate "areas where a tropical cyclone — which could be a tropical depression, tropical storm or hurricane — could develop," said National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Jamie Rhome.

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