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ORLANDO, Fla. – The FOX 35 Storm Team<\/a> is watching the eastern Gulf for the potential development of a tropical system later this weekend or into next week, though it is too early to determine whether a storm will form or what, if any, impacts it could have on Florida.<\/p>\n Forecast models over the past several days have suggested the possibility of development, but most have since become less aggressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n While the chance of an organized tropical system has decreased, forecasters are continuing to monitor the region as new data becomes available.<\/p>\n Any forecast more than a week in advance carries some uncertainty, particularly during hurricane season, when tropical systems can change quickly.<\/p>\n July storms typically develop close to the U.S. coastline rather than in the open Atlantic.\u00a0<\/p>\n This year, strong upper-level winds, Saharan dust and only marginally favorable conditions have helped keep the Atlantic basin relatively quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tropical Storm Arthur, which formed along the Texas coast on June 17, remains the only named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n A weakening cold front is expected to move over the warm waters of the Gulf this weekend, potentially helping to generate a broad area of low pressure.<\/p>\n Whether that system develops will depend on several factors, including where it forms. A disturbance that develops farther from land would have a greater opportunity to strengthen over warm water, while one that forms closer to the coast would have less time to organize.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wind shear and dry air from Saharan dust could also inhibit development.<\/p>\n What it means for Florida <\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Regardless of whether a tropical system forms, forecasters expect the disturbance to increase rain chances across Florida, particularly along the Gulf Coast, early next week.<\/p>\n If another named storm develops this season, it will be called Bertha.<\/p>\n The Source: Information for this article was taken from the National Hurricane Center, FOX Weather, and the Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tropical Storm News & Updates<\/a>Florida News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – The FOX 35 Storm Team is watching the eastern Gulf for the potential development of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,139,141,140,10173,1851,628,221],"class_list":["post-340520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-severe-weather","tag-tropical-storms","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/668d21b9-slot0.jpg\")
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