Forecasters with the National Weather Service of New Orleans said Sunday morning that it's too soon to tell whether the Caribbean system will impact the local area.

The National Hurricane Center said several potentially severe low-pressure systems are brewing in the region — with computer forecast models depicting a strong tropical storm developing over

A system in the Caribbean Sea is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico and has high chances of developing into a strong tropical storm or hurricane before making landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast.