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.

Invest 93L is currently churning in the Gulf and is expected to pick up a bit of steam before it makes landfall in Louisiana early Thursday afternoon.

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI - The WLOX First Alert Weather Team continues to track Invest 93L While development into a tropical depression or tropical storm is possible, the close proximity to land and wind shear will make it hard to achieve that status.

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.

A disorganized low-pressure area off Florida is showing increasing chances of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm this week.

With a potential tropical depression in the Gulf and heavy rain in the forecast, all of us at the USA TODAY Network are dedicated to doing everything we can to keep you informed.