A tropical wave over the Atlantic Ocean is expected to reach the Caribbean Sea by the middle of next week, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday afternoon.

The system was located over the central tropical Atlantic as of 1 p.m. Thursday, and forecasters said they expect it to continue moving west at 15 to 20 mph over the next several days. It could develop more once it reaches the warm waters of the Caribbean, forecasters said.

As of 1 p.m., the system had a low, 20% chance of becoming a tropical depression or named storm within the next week.

Local meteorologist Zack Fradella said on social media Thursday that the system has a good chance of developing once it enters the Caribbean, but it's still too soon to tell where it might go after that.

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