Forecasters are tracking a 'broad area of low pressure' they're calling Invest 99L, which is producing a large area of thunderstorms in the Caribbean and could eventually develop into a tropical storm, then into a full-blown hurricane as it travels westward and potentially northwest.
If a hurricane does develop, it would be called Hurricane Sara and would be the 18th storm in the Atlantic this year, bookending one of the deadliest and costliest hurricane seasons that has left over 325 people dead in the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Warm water temperatures in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico have contributed to the hurricanes, which are currently the second-warmest on record, following last year.
While it remains unclear exactly what course the developing system will take, the warm water could strengthen and rapidly intensify its course toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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