Tropical Storm Alberto is gone, but the Gulf of Mexico may not be done spawning storms just yet.

Alberto moved on shore in Mexico on Thursday with winds around 45 mph and has dissipated inland over Mexico. But the National Hurricane Center on Friday still had eyes trained on the southwestern Gulf, of Bay of Campeche, where another tropical depression could form over the weekend.

The good news is that it is not expected to directly affect Alabama.

The hurricane center said an area of low pressure is expected to form over southeastern Mexico and parts of Central America today, and that low could move into the Bay of Campeche later tonight.

A tropical depression could form when the system makes it over water, and the hurricane center said it is expected to move to the west-northwest or northwestward, similar to Alberto’s path.

The system has a 60 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next seven days.

That’s not the only thing cooking in the Atlantic. The hurricane center also continued to watch a small but persistent area of rain and storms that was located about 150 miles east-southeast of Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday.

Here is was on Friday morning:

It had “the look,” but the hurricane center said it was unclear if it had a well-defined surface circulation. However, there’s still a chance it could become a short-lived tropical depression, forecasters said.

It is expected to track to the west-northwest at 10-15 mph and could approach the Florida and Georgia coasts tonight.

An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft was taking a closer look at the system as of Friday morning.

It has a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next 48 hours.

There were no other systems being watched for development by the hurricane center as of Friday morning.

The Atlantic hurricane season is widely anticipated to be a very active one and NOAA forecasters earlier predicted between 17 and 25 named storms before the season ends on Nov. 30.