TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A tropical disturbance in the Caribbean was dubbed Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen by the National Hurricane Center on Wednesday.
It is expected to become the next named storm of the season – Sara – and will continue to strengthen as it meanders toward Central America, bringing life-threatening flash flooding to Honduras later this week and over the weekend.
Its maximum sustained winds are 30 mph, as of the NHC’s 10 p.m. update. The system’s chance of development in both the next 48 hours and next seven days is 90%.
According to NHC, further development is likely while the disturbance slowly moves over the western Caribbean Sea through the weekend.
“Confidence is growing in possible Florida impacts because most long-range forecasts have the storm moving in this direction but it is still too soon to say exactly where the storm will go and how strong it will be. The strength will depend on how much land interaction it has with Central America and Mexico through Monday as it meanders in the Caribbean,” Max Defender 8 Meteorologist Amanda Holly said.
The disturbance is expected to move slowly northwestward early next week.
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