ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is tracking an area of disturbance that could become our next named storm.
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The new low-pressure area should form in the Atlantic over the next few days.
The area will then have a 20% chance of tropical development by the weekend.
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If the area becomes a named storm, it will be called Francine.
It’s still too soon to know where the system will go.
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Despite the potential storm development, the Atlantic Bason remains quiet overall.
Channel 9 meteorologists will continue to monitor the tropics and provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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