Tropical disturbance expected to approach Caribbean next week

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of potential tropical development in the central Atlantic.

Friday, the NHC said “an area of disturbed weather” was forecast to have an interaction with a tropical wave approaching the Caribbean Sea.

At this time, little development is expected over the weekend, but experts said the system may develop as it approaches the Lesser Antilles early next week.

“For the forecast, the Atlantic ridge will build over the eastern Caribbean through Sun, following a tropical wave that will move through the western Caribbean,” the NHC’s Tropical Weather Discussion stated. “This pattern will support fresh to strong trade winds and rough seas across the central Caribbean into the middle of next week. Expect fresh E to SE winds and building seas over the northwest Caribbean early in the week following the tropical wave, with locally strong winds and rough seas across the Gulf of Honduras Sun night.”

As of this report, the NHC said the system had a 20% chance of development over the next week.

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