Meteorologists are monitoring the northwestern Caribbean, where there are growing signs that a storm could form. The system could develop toward the early or middle part of next week — and if it does,

A large, slowly-spinning system across the northern Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico could develop into something serious, forecasters said.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two disturbances in the Atlantic that have a small chance of becoming tropical depressions or storms.

Forecasters are tracking two potential disturbances in the deep Atlantic, far from land, and a Caribbean disturbance that has a growing chance of strengthening within a week. NHC The chances that a new named storm could form in the Caribbean and drift into the Gulf of Mexico next week are growing.