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Forecasters are warning of early signs of a potential tropical cyclone developing along the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. A low-pressure system that could bring storms to Florida before moving west has a medium chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next several days, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

This storm is no longer being tracked. Nari was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean Tuesday morning Japan time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. Typhoon season is year-round; however, most typhoons form from early July through mid-December.

After Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall in South Carolina over the Fourth of July weekend, the tropics are now quiet. Well, sort of. About 24 hours after landfall, Chantal is now a tropical depression, as it wanders across Virginia.

Tropical Storm Andrea is kicking off the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season after forming over the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, June 24,

Tropical cyclones typically drop large amounts of rain along and near the storm's path. The slower and more significant the storm’s size, the higher the likelihood of higher rainfall totals. Some storms can drop well over 30 inches of rainfall, like when Hurricane Harvey dropped over 60 inches near Nederland, Texas, in 2017.

A tropical storm is also defined as a tropical cyclone by the NHC, but a tropical storm is labelled as such when the strongest sustained surface wind speeds range “from 34 kt (39 mph or 63 km/hr ...

Today on Tracking the Tropics, we'll have the latest on Invest-93L, which is moving across the Florida peninsula and has the chance to develop as it enters the Gulf. It's expected to bring heavy rain and flash flooding across Florida and the northern Gulf coast in the coming days.