A broad area of low pressure near the coast of Nicaragua today is expected to slowly organize this week and is likely to become a tropical depression or named storm by the middle of the week as it heads northward toward the U.

Residents around the Gulf of Mexico should pay close attention to the forecast for the week ahead, as a tropical system is expected to form and bring impacts to the southern United States during the later half of the week. The National Hurricane Center gives this region a high chance for development over the next 7 days.

The chance of tropical development next week from the western Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico has increased. The National Hurricane Center now has a 30% chance of development over the next 7 days.