There’s growing concern for another significant rain and flooding event this week, this time along the Gulf Coast, from what could become the Atlantic basin’s next tropical system. The potential storm’s flood threat is just the latest in what has been a summer full of deadly and devastating floods.

A tropical low-pressure system is expected to bring rain and storms to Jacksonville and surrounding areas this afternoon as The Weather Authority tracks its path across Florida and into the Gulf.

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Get ready to trade your sunshine for showers as a significant shift in the weather pattern promises a much wetter outlook for the Sunshine State, with forecasters closely watching a developing system in the Gulf.

A low pressure area located just offshore of the east coast of Florida has a 40% likelihood of evolving into a cyclone within the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.

NEXT Weather meteorologist Dave Warren says a NEXT Weather Alert has been issued for Monday and Tuesday due to flash flooding threats across South Florida.