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

A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week.

A system that is producing heavy rain and thunderstorms off Florida’s east coast could become a tropical depression later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Forecasts suggested widespread rainfall totals between 2 and 4 inches, with isolated areas seeing as much as 7 inches by Tuesday evening. Authorities emphasized the risk posed by flooding, including rapidly rising waters in streams and dangerous road conditions in both cities and rural areas.

The National Weather Service in Mobile will also be closely watching the system and expects the risk for rip currents along the Alabama and northwest Florida coasts to increase to moderate by Wednesday and high by Thursday, which means swimming in the Gulf will be hazardous.

Conditions are expected to become more favorable for development once the system reaches the northeastern Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday.

On Tuesday CenterPoint Energy notified customers it is monitoring the low-pressure system offshore of Florida's east coast, designated as Invest 93L, as it moves over the Florida Peninsula toward the Gulf.

Southeast Texas residents should prepare for possible flash flooding and heavy rainfall as a weak tropical system moves in this weekend.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a trough of low pressure located east of Florida. After it finishes crossing Florida today, it is forecast to move westward into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico by tonight.

South Florida could see some street flooding Monday and Tuesday, thanks to a potential tropical system brewing near the north end of the state. The Miami office of the National Weather Service called for a flood watch - when there's a chance of flooding but it's not yet happening - for Monday afternoon and Tuesday in urban southeast Florida.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a low-pressure system currently moving west across Florida that could develop into a tropical depression as it enters the Gulf of Mexico later this week.In its 8 a.