Might a tropical depression form in the Gulf of Mexico?

A non-tropical storm over the Gulf of Mexico, which is helping to steer Humberto east of the United States may evolve into a tropical system and drift toward Texas early this week.The storm is currently situated in the middle levels of the atmosphere and will have to spin down to the surface and acquire tropical characteristics before it can be dubbed a tropical depression or storm.Sometimes systems of this nature evolve into a hybrid or sub-tropical storm.Rapid strengthening of this large syste