System moving over southeast Texas, won’t develop into a depression but may bring flooding

An area of low pressure set to move over southeast Texas from the Gulf of Mexico is expected to bring rain and potential flooding over the next few days, forecasters said Sunday.

Any further development is unlikely, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 8 a.m. Sunday, the system had only a 10% chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next two to five days

Had it formed into a tropical depression or tropical storm, it would have been named Danielle.

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Despite the fact that there have only been three named storms this Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters still predict an above-average season.

And, activity generally heats up as we enter the peak of the season.

“The heart of the season is really usually that Aug. 15, Aug. 20 date to maybe the end of, or at least late October,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dan Pydynowski said. “So you really have the two months in there where you pick up the majority of your storms.

“Even though we’ve only had three [named storms in 2022], we are sort of on pace. How this season turns out is going to be determined by how many storms we get during the heart of the season.”

The latest prediction from NOAA experts was 14 to 20 named storms and six to 10 hurricanes, with three to five major hurricanes, which are Category 3 or higher.

Hurricane season ends Nov. 30.