For much of the southern and central Florida Peninsula, a broad 4 to 8 inches of rain, with localized 12 inch totals, appears likely.

Even as Hurricane Helene was pressing toward the Florida coast, AccuWeather's team of expert meteorologists has been monitoring part of the Gulf of Mexico for yet another round of tropical trouble. Indications point toward a tropical feature that will organize and strike the Florida Peninsula next week with torrential rain and the likelihood of flooding.

Confidence is unusually low on how the system will evolve, but chances of heavy rain in Florida this weekend and next week are increasing.

Florida's Panhandle and North Florida are expected to get the most rain, but the rest of the state could get up to 4 inches into the weekend.

A sloppy mashup of showers and thunderstorms over the western Gulf of Mexico is expected to make its way toward South Florida bringing days of rain beginning Sunday that could total up to a foot in some areas through mid-week.

The team is forecasting additional localized flooding in Palm Beach County throughout mid-morning due to slow-moving rains moving west.

System in Caribbean might not form, but Florida could still feel its heavy rains Regardless of the system’s formation, which is projected to occur early to mid-next week, the National Weather Service of Miami said South Florida,

With rain and flooding expected, a Miami weather expert warns, "Wind will not be the primary hazard — it will be rain."