ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a potential tropical system that is expected to trek toward Florida in the coming days.
The area of disturbed weather is currently located near the northwestern Bahamas.
As of Wednesday morning, the hurricane center was giving the system a 20% chance of developing tropical characteristics over the next five days.
"The U.S. and European computer models show it moving west toward Florida before heading north along the Eastern seabord," News 6 meteorologist Troy Bridges said.
Rain chances will be lower in Central Florida over the next few days, but the system will increase rain chances in the Orlando area over the weekend, Bridges said.
Tropical Storm Chantal formed Tuesday night in the northern Atlantic. The next named storm will be called Dorian.
Hurricane season runs through November, with the peak around Sept. 10.
This area of disturbed weather has a very low chance of development in the coming days. Expect low rain chances for the next couple of days, but increasing rain for the weekend. Stay tuned.
Posted by Troy Bridges News 6 on Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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