Residents around the Gulf of Mexico should pay close attention to the forecast for the week ahead, as a tropical system is expected to form and bring impacts to the southern United States during the later half of the week. The National Hurricane Center gives this region a high chance for development over the next 7 days.

Invest 97L continues to brew in the Caribbean as confidences grows that this system will become Hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico. Still some questions on where in the Gulf this storm will head at the end of this upcoming week.

A tropical depression is likely to form in the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico this week, according to the National Hurricane Center. What is not yet known is whether this system will continue to develop into a tropical storm or a hurricane.