ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 meteorologists are monitoring several active areas in the tropics.
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An area of showers and storms in the southwestern Caribbean will likely slowly develop through the weekend.
A tropical depression will likely form by early in the week as it lifts northward.
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Communities in the Western Caribbean should be on the lookout for impacts to start next week, including pockets of heavy rain.
This area has an 80% chance of developing into our next named system, which would get the name Rafael.
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Subtropical Storm Patty also developed early Saturday morning.
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The system is expected to impact the Azores this weekend before becoming post tropical and heading towards Northern Portugal and Spain.
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