How could rain impact July 4th in the Tampa Bay area? Here's the latest timeline

Tampa weather | More rain & storms for Tuesday

FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says more rounds of rain and storms are expected later in the day on Tuesday, as an unsettled pattern continues. The highest rain coverage will likely be later this week, including July 4.

TAMPA, Fla. - July 4th will likely come with rain as part of an unsettled week of weather in the Tampa Bay area.

FOX 13 meteorologists say an area of low pressure in the northeastern Gulf is leading to an increased chance of downpours over the next several days.

The National Hurricane Center is giving the disturbance a 30 percent chance of development in the next seven days – but whether it develops or not, meteorologists say it will act as a rainmaker.

The National Hurricane Center is giving a disturbance a 30 percent chance of development in the next seven days.

Tuesday forecast

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FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says rain and storms will arrive later on Tuesday compared to Monday, with the highest coverage of rain coming in the PM hours.

The high temperature will reach the upper 80s in Tampa – down from the average high of 91.

More scattered showers and storms are expected Tuesday, meteorologists say.

Will July 4th be a washout?

What's next:

Osterberg says rain chances will go up later this week as a frontal boundary moves south, then gets "hung up" just north of the Bay Area by Thursday, July 3. That should bring more waves of rain our way in time for Independence Day as deep tropical moisture moves over Central Florida.

As of Tuesday morning, rain chances are expected to reach 70 percent on Thursday and Friday, with several inches of total rainfall expected over the next week.

Several inches of rain could fall over the next week, meteorologists say.

As for whether the whole Fourth of July will be a washout for everyone: not necessarily, according to Osterberg.

"It's important to note that during this whole wet pattern, it's not going to rain all day every day," Osterberg said.

Still, rain will be something to watch for through the holiday weekend and into next week, as well.

Rain chances will be higher over the next few days, meteorologists say.