MIAMI, Florida -- The National Hurricane Center issued a Tropical Weather Outlook due to the presence of a weak area of low pressure appears to be forming a couple of
hundred miles north of Puerto Rico.
This system is interacting with
an upper-level low and is currently producing a large area of
disorganized cloudiness and showers. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say that there is some potential for
this low to briefly acquire subtropical characteristics during
the next day or so while it moves northwestward. After that time,
development is not expected as the disturbance moves
north-northeastward and merges with a frontal zone. Regardless of
formation, locally heavy rainfall and possible flooding should
continue across Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic through
tonight.
This system has a 20% chance of forming into a subtropical cyclone within the next 48 hours.