A sprawling tropical system churning toward the Gulf Coast threatens to bring significant rain and flash flooding this week to a large swath of the southeast, from the Florida panhandle to Louisiana and parts of eastern Texas.

According to the National Hurricane Center’s 2 a.m. update, the chances of this system developing into something more organized have dropped to 30%

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical disturbance off Florida's eastern coast as it moves west over the week.

As a system of low pressure crosses into the Gulf of America, heavy rain is expected across much of Florida during the work week.