Hurricane center forecasters said the system, designated as Invest 93L, is forecast to continue moving westward and could emerge or redevelop over the far northeastern to north-central portion of the Gulf,

This hurricane season has brought the slowest start to the Atlantic hurricane season since 2014, as the first named storm didn't develop until June 24. Delayed starts don't necessarily mean a dull a season. We are actually ahead of schedule, with three named storms in the books.

The prototype will soon be tested at select farms within Immokalee in Collier County and Ona in Hardee County.

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,

The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased its forecast chances a system already dumping rain on Florida could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm. In the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook,

The name Dennis was retired after it carved a destructive and deadly path from the Caribbean to Florida 20 years ago in early July.

"Should development take place on the Atlantic side of Florida, it may once again drift northward toward the U.S. coast," Accuweather said on July 11. The more plausible option is development on the Gulf side, which could be steered westward along the northern Gulf Coast, the weather forecast company stated.

The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle was showing signs of becoming a tropical depression on Thursday while moving towards the northern Gulf Coast, officials said