The National Hurricane Center once again dropped the likelihood of formation for the tropical system hovering just offshore of Mississippi to 30% in the next two to seven days.

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.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Thursday raised its alert status to “red” for Tropical Depression Crising. In an advisory, the NDRRMC announced that it issued Memorandum No.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an advisory on a tropical depression detected at a latitude 15.0 north and longitude 127.3 east, approximately 420 km northeast of Samar Island,

The National Hurricane Center thinks a tropical depression could form in the Gulf in a few days. Forecasters continued to track an area of low pressure that was in the western Atlantic Ocean just east of the Florida peninsula on Tuesday. It is expected to move westward, across the Sunshine State, and into the Gulf by Wednesday.

Tropical Depression Crising is expected to develop into a storm on Thursday morning and may reach the severe tropical storm category by Friday afternoon or evening before it approaches northern Luzon.

Invest 93L was still over land early Wednesday, but it's expected to bring the risk of heavy rainfall and flooding to Houston in the coming days.

A disturbance dubbed Invest 93L could become Tropical Storm Dexter as it tracks west from Florida toward Louisiana, forecasters say.