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As a system of low pressure crosses into the Gulf of America, heavy rain is expected across much of Florida during the work week.
A tropical storm may form this week, bringing risks of flash flooding and strong thunderstorms from Florida to Louisiana.
A disturbance called Invest 93L by the National Hurricane Center could turn into a tropical depression or the next named storm of hurricane season.
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.
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FOX 35 Orlando on MSNHow much rain could Orlando see this week as tropical disturbance looms? Here's what we knowCentral Florida is bracing for the potential of heavy rainfall and localized flooding this week as a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic moves westward toward the Gulf.
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A trough of low pressure is likely to form near the southeastern U.S. coast during the next day or two and then move westward across Florida into the northeastern Gulf by Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Interestingly, Florida isn’t alone in this campaign. Other southern states, including South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, are in on it too. Essentially, the south is a no-speeding zone for now. Florida is especially noteworthy, though, because it now has a super speeder law on the books.
State gas prices rose last week and reached an average of $2.99 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, up from last week's price of $2.87 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.