The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is closely monitoring a disturbance in the western Caribbean Sea that could develop as it moves into the southern Gulf of Mexico over the coming days. Forecasters currently give the system a 20 percent chance of tropical development.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking several tropical waves and a disturbance in the western Caribbean. There is a potential for tropical development in the Gulf or off the southeast coast of the U.S. in early July. Showers and thunderstorms are predicted across most of Florida Friday, June 27.

A tropical disturbance in the northwestern Caribbean popped up Thursday night and is showing a low chance for development over the next few days. Elsewhere in the tropics, the National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on four tropical waves,