What is happening to this area in the Caribbean?

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – As we enter the final three official weeks of hurricane season, the WPTV First Alert Weather team is monitoring one area for possible tropical development.

There is a newly highlighted area in the southwestern Caribbean where a broad area of low pressure is likely to form over the southwestern Caribbean Sea.

The system has a 40% chance of developing over the next seven days.

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“In terms of impact for us here at home, I think we’re going to remain very well protected from a series of cold fronts,” said WPTV First Alert Weather meteorologist Frances Peyton. “So it won’t worry us too much. But we expect a lot of rain to fall in parts of Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula in the coming week.”

The Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on November 30.