A patch of rough weather that will roll through Tampa Bay this weekend won’t be a tropical system like those we experience during hurricane season. But it might feel like one. Forecasters say to expect heavy rain and thunderstorms at the very least, while flooding and tornadoes are possible. The worst is expected to begin Saturday evening and extend into Sunday. The threat of severe weather .
A tropical disturbance has formed in the central Caribbean Sea, north of Colombia and south of Haiti. The system has a 10% chance of developing in the next seven days, the National Hurricane Center said. Forecasters said the system would begin to drift slowly west, toward Nicaragua later this week, but that it would encounter dry air, diminishing its chances of developing. Related Articles .
If we’re going to see a tropical system develop this late in the season, it most often happens in the southern Caribbean or in the middle of the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center is painting a yellow blob in both places today.