The National Weather Service in Mobile will also be closely watching the system and expects the risk for rip currents along the Alabama and northwest Florida coasts to increase to moderate by Wednesday and high by Thursday, which means swimming in the Gulf will be hazardous.

A disorganized area of low pressure has developed off the coast of Florida and will move into the Gulf the next couple of days.

July is typically when Atlantic hurricane season begins to pick up in the Gulf of Mexico, and right on cue, the first intriguing development of the summer is causing forecasters to take note. A low pressure system producing showers east of Florida is expected to move across the Sunshine State over the next 36 hours and reach the northeastern Gulf,