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A tropical disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was forecast to bring significant rainfall to parts of Texas and Louisiana this week and was expected to develop into a tropical storm and possibly even a hurricane, the National Weather Service says.

美国国家气象局称，预计墨西哥湾西南部的热带扰动本周将给德克萨斯州和路易斯安那州部分地区带来大量降雨，并有望发展成为热带风暴，甚至飓风。

The system was forecast to drift slowly northwestward during the next couple of days, moving near and along the Gulf coasts of Mexico and Texas, the weather service said Sunday. "A tropical storm is expected to form during the next day or so," the weather service said Sunday afternoon.

气象部门周日表示，预计未来几天该气旋将缓慢向西北移动，靠近墨西哥湾和德克萨斯州沿岸。气象部门周日下午表示：“预计未来一天左右将形成热带风暴。”

Donald Jones, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana, said during a weather briefing Saturday night that parts of Southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana should expect a "whole lot" of rain in the middle and later part of this week.

路易斯安那州查尔斯湖国家气象局的气象学家唐纳德·琼斯 (Donald Jones) 在周六晚间的天气简报会上表示，本周中后期，德克萨斯州东南部和路易斯安那州西南部的部分地区将迎来“大量”降雨。

"Definitely want to continue to keep a very close eye on the forecast here in the coming days because this is something that could develop and evolve fairly rapidly. We're looking at anything from a non-named just tropical moisture air mass all the way up to the potential for a hurricane," Jones said.

“未来几天，我们肯定会继续密切关注天气预报，因为这种情况可能会发展得相当快。我们正在关注各种情况，从未命名的热带湿润气团到潜在的飓风，”琼斯说。

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