Models are usually consistent at the point for Invest 97L. 80 percent chance of formation in next 48 hours. https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/97L_tracks_latest.png
If I were superstitious, I'd be blaming folks for jinxing us with the "wHeRE aRe the STormS??!" smack.
Not that we are the main concern of this... that part of Florida has been hammered in the last few years. Especially Mexico Beach. However, all signs point towards that thing camping around my neck of the woods for a while, could be some flooding in our future.
Third straight storm into the armpit of the panhandle. Very lucky monetarily as that coast has very little structures. Feel bad for the alligators and trees though.
It looks like the third name storm in 2 years for the Big Bend Area: POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE NINE (noaa.gov) With a frontal boundary moving down by late week, I wouldn't be too surprised to see the storm swept up by the front to move over Georgia, South Carolina, and then be pushed out into the Atlantic. I can't see the storm headed up to Tennessee unless it is somehow behind the front which could be trouble for the western Florida Panhandle. We'll see soon enough.