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

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 area of low pressure is expected to form in the western Caribbean Sea over the next several days. Disorganized storms could become better organized in a tropical environment that is likely to support gradual development. A tropical depression may form by this weekend while moving slowly westward.