The next tropical storm could come from a slow-spinning system in the northern Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A large but weak storm spinning in the Caribbean has potential to develop by the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.

An area of low pressure that has now formed off the NC coast, is being watched by the National Hurricane Center for possible tropical (or subtropical) development over the next day or so. As of Sunday morning,

There is a 70 percent chance of the system becoming a tropical storm within the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said.

The National Hurricane Center is watching an area off the North Carolina coast that has the potential to become a tropical disturbance early next week.

On Sunday at 5 pm, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory for the potential tropical cyclone. The potential tropical cyclone is 125 miles east-southeast of Charleston South Carolina, with maximum sustained wind of 45 mph. It’s moving 7 mph to the northwest.

There are increasing signs that a tropical disturbance may develop in the Caribbean next week, and forecasters are already eyeing the Gulf of Mexico as one potential destination for a storm. It’s been only two days since an unnamed “potential tropical cyclone” dumped upward of 20 inches of rain on Carolina Beach,