Hurricane season officially ends on November 30th and while the end of the season is near, the tropics could get active again soon. The National Hurricane Center has an area they are keeping a close eye on in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica that has an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical system in the next 7 days.

A disturbance tracking south of Jamaica Wednesday morning – designated Invest 99L by the National Hurricane Center – is expected to organize into Tropical Storm Sara over the coming days and could strengthen into a powerful hurricane by this weekend as it hangs about off the coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua.

A broad area of low pressure is expected to form in the western Caribbean Sea over the next several days. Disorganized storms could become better organized in a tropical environment that is likely to support gradual development. A tropical depression may form by this weekend while moving slowly westward.