WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The tropics are really heating up on Thursday.
The National Hurricane Center is now watching five areas of unsettled weather for possible tropical development.
TRACKING THE TROPICS: Hurricane Center | Hurricane Guide
First, the NHC is monitoring an area of lower pressure off the Carolina coast that may pick up some tropical characteristics is moves toward the Canadian Maritimes. It has a low chance of becoming a named system as it moves over cooler waters this weekend.
A second area south of Cuba may develop once it's in the Bay of Campeche. It has a 30% chance.
An area of low pressure is also forming near coastal Texas. Since there's a front nearby, that will limit it's development. Only a 10% chance.
And finally, there are two waves in the Atlantic that are battling unfavorable conditions. Neither is expected to become a tropical cyclone at the moment.
Bottom line: a lot of potential tropical activity, but nothing that's going to threaten South Florida.
