Tropical Depression Nine formed Saturday in the Atlantic and is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Imelda.

A disturbance in the Atlantic is likely to become a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Melissa this week as it heads into the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said.

The National Hurricane Center is continuing to monitor Invest 98L as it approaches the Caribbean, and forecasters say it could become our next tropical depression or Tropical Storm Melissa in the coming days.

The National Hurricane Center gives Invest 98-L a 60% chance of development over the next seven days. If the wave forms into a tropical storm, it will be called Melissa.

The National Hurricane Center now says there’s a high chance (70 percent) that a tropical depression will form in the Caribbean Sea later this week. Whenever a system forms in the Caribbean hurricane-watchers in the U.S. take notice, because there’s a chance the system could end up affecting the Gulf or U.S. East Coast.

A tropical depression near Cuba is expected to become the Atlantic Ocean's next named storm, but National Hurricane Center forecasters said Sunday morning that the chances of it hitting the U.S. have decreased.

The storm in the Atlantic is forecast to stay out to sea. Another disturbance that could affect the U.S. was upgraded to Tropical Depression Nine.

A low pressure area (LPA) has been monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) that has a "low chance" of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours, state weather bureau PAGASA said on Thursday.

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