Invest 93L is currently churning in the Gulf and is expected to pick up a bit of steam before it makes landfall in Louisiana early Thursday afternoon.

We continue to follow the progress of Invest 93L, an area of low pressure that moved from the Atlantic across the northern Florida peninsula on Tuesday and is now scraping westward through the state’s panhandle along the northern Gulf Coast.

The WLOX First Alert Weather Team continues to track a disturbance in the Gulf this week. It is currently called Invest 93LAs of Wednesday evening, Invest 93L is moving along the northern Gulf Coast from the east to the west.

Invest 93L is the label for a disturbance that crossed Florida early in the week and is now hugging the northern Gulf Coast as it drifts westward towards Louisiana. There is a medium chance for it to develop into a tropical depression or storm,

The system is expected to remain disorganized and move inland quickly, with flood watches issued for areas along the Gulf Coast.

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