A tropical depression is likely to form early this week in the Gulf of Mexico. Here's what Texas residents need to watch for as the system organizes.

The weather conditions are favorable for Invest 97L, a system in the western Caribbean, to develop more, and it's likely that a tropical depression or storm will form in the next few days as it moves north across the northwestern Caribbean Sea and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico,

A tropical system with the potential to become a hurricane could bring heavy rain and wind to the Georgia coast and South Carolina Lowcountry.