First disturbance of the 2022 hurricane season moves over Florida Panhandle

The first tropical disturbance of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season moved through the Gulf of Mexico and inland over the Florida Panhandle early Monday.

The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in a forecast outlook that no tropical development was expected from the the blob of disorganized thunderstorms, but it could bring gusty winds and the potential for some flooding to the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and the southeastern U.S.

As of 2 a.m. Monday, the disturbance was 15 miles west-northwest of Pensacola and was moving northeast.

The disturbance represents the first system the hurricane center is monitoring this year, in what is expected to be a busy season.