Related articleSoutheast Texas is facing a heightened threat of tropical weather later this week, as a developing system in the northeastern Gulf is projected to march toward the Texas coast. Tropical Depression TwoThe National Hurricane Center said Monday that Tropical Depression Two is strengthening as it spins across the northern Gulf of America. Tropical Storm Watches stretch from the Florida Panhandle into New Orleans. The latest modeling indicates a sharp shift in the storm's track that will bring it toward Southeast Texas by Thursday or Friday. (FOX Weather)Timeline:The depression is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Bertha on Monday as it meanders through the northeastern and north-central Gulf.