ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is observing a Caribbean system it expects to develop into the next tropical depression or storm sometime this week.
The system, which was first identified Sunday evening, is associated with a surface trough of low pressure and has a 10% chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm in the two days and a 40% chance in the next five days, according to the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time update.
Meteorologists expect the development to slowly occur over the southwestern Caribbean Sea by the middle of the week. It is expected to drift near the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras and move northwest.
