A tropical disturbance in the Caribbean Sea is likely to develop into a tropical depression this week and, according to some initial computer models, may become Tropical Storm Sara – the 18th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

A broad area of low pressure is expected to form over the western Caribbean Sea during the next couple of days. Environmental conditions appear conducive for some gradual development of this system thereafter, and a tropical depression could form late this week or this weekend while moving slowly westward.

A tropical wave producing a cluster of showers and thunderstorms across the Caribbean has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical depression.

Millions of people from the Caribbean to the U.S. Gulf Coast are keeping their eyes on Tropical Depression Eighteen as the system becomes better organized and is forecast to

The NHC said Tuesday it is tracking a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea that could become a tropical depression by the end of the week.

As the Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close, another potential tropical storm is forming in the Caribbean. "A tropical wave over the central Caribbean Sea is producing an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms,