One, which has been swirling south of Jamaica for days, now has a 70% chance of strengthening into a tropical depression in the next seven days and a 30% chance in the next two days. Forecasters said it is likely to form a tropical depression over the weekend or early next week as it drifts generally north and northwestward.

The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday it is tracking a system in the Caribbean that could soon strengthen into Hurricane Sara.

A disturbance in the Caribbean will likely become the latest tropical depression or storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Where is it now and where is it headed? The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday that a broad area of low pressure in the central Caribbean Sea continues to produce a large area of showers and thunderstorms.

A tropical depression that forecasters expect to form in the Caribbean Sea within the next week is forecast to reach the Gulf of Mexico early next week, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Wednesday.

With just a few weeks remaining in the 2024 hurricane season, the tropics are still quite active. Confidence is now growing in regards to a new tropical system forming over the next 48 hours, with a 90% chance of development over the next week.

A disturbance swirling over the central Caribbean Sea now has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression by the end of the week, and some computer forecast models show it continuing to strengthen.