Hurricane Hunters to investigate Gulf system for possible tropical development

Orlando Weather Forecast: July 24, 2025

FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Brooks Garner has a look at the Thursday forecast for Orlando and Central Florida.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring an area of low pressure that is spinning over the Gulf, which has the possibility of developing into a tropical system later this week.

Hurricane Hunters are set to fly into it on Thursday afternoon to get a closer look.

Here's everything we know about the system and its potential impacts. 

What is the system? Where is it located?

What we know:

The NHC is tracking a trough of low pressure at the southern end of a frontal boundary over the Gulf which is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.  

Over the next day or so, the system is forecast to move westward across the north-central and northeastern portions of the Gulf where some slow development is possible.

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By this weekend, the system is likely to move inland, ending its chances for development.  

Forecasters are currently giving the system a 10% chance of development over the next 48 hours and seven days.

However, regardless of tropical development, locally heavy rainfall is possible for a large swath of the northern Gulf coast through the weekend.

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Could the system impact Florida?

Local perspective:

The heaviest rounds of rain are expected to impact the northern Gulf Coast and west coast of Florida on Thursday, and across Louisiana and into Texas by Friday and Saturday.