The National Hurricane Center increased the chances a tropical depression moving into the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday could develop into a tropical

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday increased odds that a developing system could head into the Gulf of Mexico and become a tropical depression or storm — while it also kept tabs on two systems in the Atlantic.

The system is forecast to reach hurricane strength near the middle of the week before it reaches the northwestern Gulf Coast.

As tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean quiets down again, attention is shifting back to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, where the National Hurricane Center is now officially monitoring the area for tropical development.

Hurricane forecasters are monitoring a tropical disturbance expected to move to the Gulf of Mexico and a new system in the Atlantic Ocean alongside remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.