A broad area of low pressure is expected to form over the western Caribbean Sea during the next couple of days. Environmental conditions appear conducive for some gradual development of this system thereafter, and a tropical depression could form late this week or this weekend while moving slowly westward.

A tropical depression is likely to form in the Caribbean and could become a tropical storm or hurricane once it reaches the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico next week, forecasters say. Once it has a center, meteorologists will be better able to determine the storm’s possible paths. AccuWeather

As the Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close, another potential tropical storm is forming in the Caribbean. "A tropical wave over the central Caribbean Sea is producing an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms,

The disturbance is in the western Caribbean and will probably become a tropical depression by the end of this week, the National Hurricane Center said. It will meander over the western Caribbean this weekend then move northwest early next week.