national hurricane center

Tropical trouble is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico this weekend but Louisiana won't likely feel the effects for several days.

A tropical low is moving into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico this morning. There is potential for it to develop further as the weekend progresses.

Potential tropical trouble in the form of an area of disturbed weather appears to be taking a path that would bring it into the Gulf of Mexico within the next five days.

With only minimal chances for afternoon showers over the next few days, South Louisiana should have a chance to dry out just a little this week.

The rain where it falls will be fast and furious but only for a few minutes, then it will feel like a sauna.

Remnants of an old frontal boundary could kick up tropical troubles for Louisiana and the rest of the northern Gulf Coast this week.

Muggy mornings followed by soggy afternoons are what almost everyone in South Louisiana can expect today, tomorrow, and into the July 4th weekend.

Forecasters are expecting more of a rain event than a wind event from a tropical disturbance situated just south of the Louisiana coastline.

Louisiana can expect an uptick in rain chances as a low-pressure system with the potential for tropical development slides to the south and west of the state.

Showers and thunderstorms will increase across South Louisiana later today and tonight making for a stormy start to the work week.

Tropical development along Louisiana's coast next week is possible. Here's what forecasters are watching this weekend.

A tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic already has hurricane forecasters looking ahead to what next week might bring.