Disturbance forecast to form soon, could bring heavy rain to parts of Florida
By Michelle Marchante and
Alex Harris
Florida’s Panhandle could get soaked this weekend, regardless of whether a potential disturbance strengthens into a tropical storm or not.
NHC
A disturbance could form and bring heavy rains to portions of the northern Gulf coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle later this week, forecasters said.
The system, described as a surface trough of low pressure, could have a shot at strengthening into a tropical depression or tropical storm if it remains off the coast of the Panhandle this week, the National Hurricane Center said.
Forecasters said the system has no chance of development in the next 48 hours and a low 30% chance of development through the next five days, according to the hurricane center’s 8 a.m. advisory Monday.
NOAA predicted an above-average hurricane season this year, with 6 to 10 hurricanes. But the bulk of most storm activity is in August and September, the peak of the season.
This article will be updated.
This story was originally published July 11, 2022 at 7:02 AM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
