I think how far north the vorticity with the tropical wave forecasted to come across the GOM early next week tracks initially over the Bahamas and FL before it gets influenced by the heat ridge which is forecasted to move north towards the central US will dictate how much precipitation the northern gulf coast & TX will get out of it.
With the SSTs very warm with an UL anticyclonic flow over it, ~60 hrs to travel across the GOM is more than enough time that it could spin up really fast like we have seen many times in the GOM.
Dry continental air with the heat ridge might become a problem but indeed the heat ridge moves enough far north it will take the dry air away from the GOM.
Despite the Euro forecasting a stronger ridge it forecasts the system to track farther north than what the GFS shows.
For now I will split the difference between the two which will still bring some beneficial rains to the gulf coast & TX.
