The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is keeping a close eye on three tropical disturbances, including a system in the northwestern Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico that has a 40% chance for development over the next seven days.

An area of low pressure is expected to slowly develop this weekend in the northwestern Caribbean Sea. It could develop into a tropical depression late this weekend or early next week as it moves into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. As of Thursday at 2 a.m., the NHC has placed a 40% chance for tropical development in the next seven days.

As tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean quiets down again, attention is shifting back to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, where the National Hurricane Center is now officially monitoring the area for tropical development.