Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. "The system is expected to move westward across Florida during the next day or so, and into the northeastern Gulf by late Tuesday,

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

Jacksonville forecast includes sun, thunderstorms, high heat index, and gusty winds, with daily chances of rain continuing into next week.

Hurricane forecasts may be less accurate this year.That’s the warning Democratic Congressional leaders and former NOAA officials raised during a virtual press conference Wednesday. They argued it’s due to staffing and budget cuts at NOAA.

NWS in Ruskin, the office that covers the Fort Myers-Cape Coral area, is forecasting an 80% to 90% chance rain through Thursday.

Tampa faces a wet forecast with scattered showers, thunderstorms, highs near 92°F, and heat indices up to 100°F.

WDAM Digital Desk will be breaking down the National Weather Service’s daily updates on the tropical disturbance currently being tracked.

Update: Here are the top stories we're following around the Big Bend, South Georgia, Nationally, and your Tuesday forecast.

Unlike Monday, which was a deluge for South Florida, today’s tropical-system-related rain is expected to be more concentrated in the center of the state. The Miami office of the National Weather Service predicts South Florida could see around 1 inch of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, not enough for any severe flooding.

A sprawling area storms churning toward the Gulf Coast threatens to bring significant rain and flash flooding this week to a large swath of the southeast, from the Florida panhandle to Louisiana and parts of eastern Texas.