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While the 2024 hurricane season has been relatively inactive, things could change soon for residents along the Texas and Louisiana coasts.

The last week or so has been pretty dry across Louisiana, but that is going to change as consistent rain chances will be in the forecast for much of the upcoming week.

A stubborn area of disturbed weather in the southwest Gulf of Mexico could be poised to strengthen over the next five days.

While a lot of the attention is focused on Irma in the Atlantic there is an area of disturbed weather closer to home that is worth keeping an eye on.

Forecasters will be watching a tropical wave as it moves across the Yucatan this weekend. It could emerge into the Gulf of Mexico early next week.

Conditions in the Southwest Gulf of Mexico are very conducive for tropical development and the Hurricane Center is projecting a 50% chance that this system could get organized into at least a tropical depression.