Multiple models show the storm approaching Florida next week, though it may not be as intense as previously expected. Here's the latest:

We’re less than three weeks away from the official end of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, but a new tropical threat has emerged in the Caribbean Sea. Forecasters say a tropical depression or tropical storm could develop by the end of the week or over the weekend.

A broad low-pressure area over the central Caribbean Sea produces disorganized showers and storms. The NHC has tagged the area as Invest 99-L. A tropical depression is expected to form within a few days and move slowly westward through the western Caribbean into early next week.