Odds have increased again that a tropical storm could develop in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters said the system is likely to carry a lot of rainfall to Florida next week.

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

Channel 9 meteorologists are monitoring a system in the Gulf of Mexico that may become our next named storm. It is still hard to tell where the system will go and how strong it will be. Some computer models show the system developing into a tropical storm and moving over Florida,