A tropical depression could form later this week in the Gulf, but meteorologists say the system poses no threat to Florida.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico that could produce heavy rainfall and flooding in Houston.

The National Hurricane Center said July 15 it is continuing to track a system off the coast of Florida that could soon become a tropical depression.

A tropical system with a low chance of formation is set to cross Florida, dumping rain across the state — again. The National Hurricane Center is tracking a disturbance near the southeast coast with a 10% chance of strengthening into a tropical depression in the next two to seven days, as of Wednesday morning.

The National Hurricane Center gives the disturbance a 10% chance of development, but parts of Texas will see heavy rainfall regardless.

Invest 93L is taking its time moving across Florida, and it could still become a tropical depression later this week.

L continues to move westward across the Gulf Coast and is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, according to the National Hurricane Center. The system is expected to continue moving westward across the northern portion of the Gulf,

A system was detected off the Atlantic Coast of Florida and is expected to move into the northern Gulf Coast and develop into a tropical depression.

Depression or no depression, the system could bring several inches of rain to the north-central Gulf Coast, including Alabama, through Friday. The National Weather Service in Mobile thinks that the most rain with this system will likely fall closer to the coast, with scattered storms possible.

Regardless of development, heavy rainfall is expected over portions of Florida, which could bring localized flash flooding through mid-week.

The chances for a scattered area of showers and thunderstorms to develop into something more increased overnight, but remain low, forecasters said.