Potential Hurricane Sara Forms in Caribbean, Could Threaten Florida

The National Hurricane Center reports a 90% chance of tropical storm development, with forecasts suggesting possible impact on Florida next week.

A system in the central Caribbean Sea, labeled Invest 99L, is expected to develop into a tropical depression within the next two days.
Forecasters predict the system could strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara, and possibly a hurricane, as it moves westward and then northwestward.
Current models indicate a range of potential paths, including possible landfall in Central America, Cuba, or Florida's Gulf Coast.
The system is anticipated to bring heavy rains to Jamaica and should be monitored by interests across the western and northwestern Caribbean Sea.
If it impacts Florida, Sara would be the fourth named storm to hit the state's Gulf Coast this hurricane season, which has seen 17 named storms so far.