The National Hurricane Center is monitoring potential tropical development in the Caribbean. When it might become a tropical storm: The earliest possible time for a tropical depression or storm to form in the northwest Caribbean from this wide area of low pressure is early to mid-next week. Helene and Isaac are the next storm names.
The larger low would need to trigger a more distinct low-pressure system with ongoing shower and thunderstorm activity in order for it to occur.The following is where a storm might track if it forms: This storm may move northeast toward Cuba and the Bahamas, northwest toward the Yucatan Peninsula and then the southwest Gulf, or north toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring potential tropical development in the Caribbean.