It may or may not develop into a tropical depression, but the system will bring rains and the possibility of flooding. Here's the forecast for New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette.

A tropical disturbance could form this week in the Gulf of Mexico and plentiful moisture will mean continued downpours for the Houston area.

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 moving across northern Florida on Tuesday evening. It is expected to move westward, across the Sunshine State, and into the Gulf by Wednesday.

The "reasonable worst-case scenario" is for flooding across lower Acadiana where there's potential for 10-15 inches of rainfall over a 72-hour period, Donald Jones, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles said in a social media update Tuesday afternoon.

An area of broad pressure in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to become a tropical or subtropical depression by either late tonight or early Friday, according to the 5 p.m. advisory from the ...

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Prepare for rain, New Orleans. A low pressure system headed for the Gulf of Mexico is expected to bring heavy rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds to south Louisiana later this week, though just how much of each to expect is still in question.