The second tropical storm in about a week may be threatening Florida by Monday if conditions keep deteriorating in the western Caribbean Sea.
An area of rain and thunderstorms now drifting toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula has a 60 percent chance of becoming a tropical system in the next five days, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
“We think there is a high chance for tropical development and a decent chance of a tropical depression and even a tropical storm moving into central Florida Monday afternoon or Monday night,” said Ken Clark, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania.
If it reaches tropical storm strength with winds of 39 miles (63 kilometers) per hour, it would be named Colin.