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,

Forecasters with the National Weather Service of New Orleans said Sunday morning that it's too soon to tell whether the Caribbean system will impact the local area.

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.