For the moment, clouds and showers are extending over the northwest Bahamas and are set to move near the Florida Peninsula through Friday night, according to a tropical weather outlook from the National Hurricane Center.
Once the low pressure system moves from the east-central coast of Florida to offshore the southeast U.S. coast, it should probably form a depression. The center predicts that could happen as soon as this weekend or into early next week.
A weak area of low pressure is near the SE coast of the Florida peninsula. A tropical depression is likely to form this weekend or early next week while the low moves from the coast of east-central Florida to offshore of the SE US coast. For more: https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB #98L pic.twitter.com/qKOwTSfnJG
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 23, 2019
In fact, there's a 70 percent chance it will form in the next five days, according to meteorologists.
"Regardless of development, locally heavy rains are possible over the northwestern Bahamas and southern and central Florida through the weekend," the National Hurricane Center said in its outlook.
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This article appears in Aug 22-29, 2019.