Residents along the Florida and southern East Coast need to keep an eye on a low pressure system that now shows a 50% chance of becoming a tropical storm over the next few days.

Here’s the official forecast:

For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

A low pressure area located about 150 miles east of Daytona Beach, Florida, is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity mainly over the southern part of its circulation. Preliminary reports from an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft indicate that this system has changed little in strength since yesterday. Environmental conditions are marginally conducive for development, and a tropical depression could still form later today or early Monday while the low drifts westward or west-northwestward toward the northeast coast of Florida.

Interests in Florida should continue to monitor the progress of this system.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…medium…50 percent.

Low pressure located about 185 miles east of Cape Canaveral, Florida, still lacks organized showers and thunderstorms. However, it could still become a tropical depression overnight or on Sunday while it moves westward toward the east coast of Florida.https://t.co/m9946DGzPQ pic.twitter.com/lrFBWaA2gd

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 24, 2021