Tropical Wave Likely to Develop into Cyclone Near Florida Peninsula

A tropical wave is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms over eastern Cuba, Hispaniola, and the southeastern Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports a 60% chance of development into a cyclone within the next 48 hours, potentially forming into a tropical depression this weekend.

A tropical wave producing a large area of poorly organized showers and thunderstorms over eastern Cuba, Hispaniola, and the southeastern Bahamas has a 60% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday.

A tropical depression is expected to form this weekend over the Straits of Florida or the eastern Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Peninsula.

(With inputs from agencies.)