WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Our second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season could form as early as Friday or sometime this weekend.
The National Hurricane Center said Friday that an area of unsettled weather in the central Atlantic has become Tropical Depression Two. It will likely become Tropical Storm Beryl this weekend and is forecast to become a Category 2 hurricane.
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"It's unbelievably impressive for a late June system in the central Atlantic," WPTV First Alert Weather Chief Meteorologist said. "It's in a low wind shear, very warm water environment, so additional strengthening is possible."
Computer models take the storm it into the southern Caribbean over the next five days.
"So, as we head towards the middle of next week, models have it anywhere from Hispanola down into the southern Caribbean," WPTV First Alert Weather meteorologist Steve Villanueva said.
In addition, a wave right behind it has a low chance of development, as does an area of unsettled weather working its way across the Yucatan Peninsula and heading into northern Mexico.
