Data shows a tropical system will develop and could impact Florida next week

It appears that the next Atlantic tropical system will develop in the coming days.

A complex of showers and storms in the western Caribbean will develop quickly and will likely become a tropical depression late next week.

The National Hurricane Center gives the system a 90% chance of developing in the coming days.

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The system is expected to strengthen this weekend as it meanders through the Caribbean and will likely be a tropical storm or possibly a hurricane.

The complex is expected to hit Yucatán early next week and then reach the Gulf of Mexico.

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Many models indicate that the system could move toward Florida by the middle of next week, but the exact path and impacts are unknown at this time.

This will be a system we will have to keep a close eye on in the coming days.

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Channel 9 will continue to monitor all activity in the tropics and provide updates on Eyewitness News.

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