Louisiana and other northern portions of the Gulf Coast aren't expected to see any effects from the system or any other tropical activity for the next few days.

As the Gulf disturbance nears Texas, tropical moisture will surge Friday and Saturday in the Houston metro area, leading to increasing storm chances.

The center of a tropical disturbance that flared up in the Gulf began to move across land on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall to parts of northeastern Mexico and South Texas.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of low pressure in the Gulf. The tropical wave, tagged as Invest 98-L, is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms near the west coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.

A tropical disturbance, called Invest 98L, in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to bring downpours and a renewed risk of flooding through Friday.

The National Hurricane Center says there’s now a 50% chance a tropical system could form in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico in the next 24–48 hours. The small low-pressure area could strengthen into a tropical depression or weak tropical storm before moving into northeastern Mexico or South Texas late Friday or early Saturday.

The Gulf of Mexico is blazing hot, but hurricane season — temporarily, at least — has hit a lull, a surprise to researchers.

The National Hurricane Center gives the disturbance a 20% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression in the coming days.