The National Hurricane Center has circled an area in the western Caribbean as an official area of interest. The low-pressure area is expected to form in this region later this week. This area could be further organized and become a tropical depression near the weekend. The NHC is giving this region a 40% chance of development.

The National Hurricane Center increased the odds that a system could develop in the Caribbean and become the season’s next tropical depression or storm. As of the hurricane center’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook,