Tropical system’s effects might be felt from Trinidad to Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands is producing a broad area of showers and thunderstorms.

Some slow development of this system is possible over the next week as the system moves quickly westward at around 20 miles per hour, crossing the Windward Islands early this week and moving into the central and western Caribbean by the mid to latter part of this week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent.

* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Debby is expected to rapidly intensify as it track through the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to become a hurricane before landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region tomorrow. Debby will then slow down and may result in serious flooding across the Southeast.