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.

There is a 70 percent chance of the system becoming a tropical storm within the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two new tropical waves in the Atlantic. See formation chances and path.

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Hurricane models are showing increasingly high chances that a tropical cyclone could form somewhere in the western Caribbean Sea or southern Gulf of Mexico as early as next week, and forecasters are encouraging Gulf Coast residents to stay vigilant through the remainder of the 2024 season.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon have a 60 percent chance of forming a tropical storm again in the next 7 days.

AccuWeather shows that there is a high risk the disturbance could target the Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to Florida, based on historical data.

The next tropical storm could come from a slow-spinning system in the northern Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.