Louisiana and other northern portions of the Gulf Coast aren't expected to see any effects from the system or any other tropical activity for the next few days.

A tropical disturbance, called Invest 98L, in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to bring downpours and a renewed risk of flooding through Friday.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) puts the threshold for rapid intensification when a storm’s maximum winds jump about 55 km/h in 24 hours. It’s rare for a system to get its act together so quickly that its winds strengthen that much in a single day. When rapid intensification happens, though, look out.

National Hurricane Center meteorologists warned of life-threatening impacts as the storm is expected to strengthen.

As the Gulf disturbance nears Texas, tropical moisture will surge Friday and Saturday in the Houston metro area, leading to increasing storm chances.

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Recent hurricane seasons have been defined by storms supercharging over the Gulf of Mexico’s warmer-than-normal waters as they barrel toward Florida’s west coast. Experts are hopeful that trend could wane this summer, though they still expect the season to be more active than typical.

A system in the Gulf of America could bring heavy rainfall and flash flooding to portions of Florida as it moves onshore.