TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A tropical depression could form next week as an area of low pressure in the Caribbean moves toward the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said Friday.
“A tropical wave likely develops in the western Caribbean early next week. Right now, there’s a 40% chance in seven days,” Max Defender 8 Meteorologist Legh Spann said. “Many of the models drift the system north into the Gulf of Mexico by the middle of next week.”
As of Friday afternoon, most of the models appeared to zero in on a northern Gulf coast landfall. However, Spann said it’s too early to tell where a potential system may be headed or how strong it will be.
Gordon remnants are still bringing showers and thunderstorms to the central subtropical Atlantic. Some development is possible in the next few days as it moves north, but conditions are expected to become less helpful for development, according to the NHC.
The chance for development in the next two days is 30%.
Located about 750 miles southeast of Bermuda, another area of low pressure has had little change in organization, according to the NHC.