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A disorganized low-pressure area off Florida's east coast is showing increasing chances of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm later in the week, the National Hurricane Center said. Even now, it's already having an influence on Florida weather with isolated torrential rain.
As a system of low pressure crosses into the Gulf of America, heavy rain is expected across much of Florida during the work week.
Florida's attorney general is asking airports in the state to watch out for signs of weather modification. In a letter, Attorney General James Uthmeier asks the operators of all of Florida's public-use airports to comply with the state's new law that makes cloud seeding and any geoengineering illegal.
The hatched areas on the National Hurricane Center's tropical outlook map indicate "areas where a tropical cyclone — which could be a tropical depression, tropical storm or hurricane — could develop," said National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Jamie Rhome.
The National Weather Service will be investigating reports of a possible tornado hitting Largo, Florida, in the overnight hours June 25.
The Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of low pressure off Florida’s east coast that could strengthen as it moves west across the northern Gulf.