A tropical depression is likely to form in the Caribbean Sea as soon as this weekend, while Subtropical Storm Patty formed in the Atlantic Saturday. A broad area of low pressure is forming in the southwestern Caribbean Sea is increasingly likely to become a tropical depression this weekend or early next week as it drifts northward or northwestward in the central or western Caribbean,

With less than one month left in hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday that Subtropical Storm Patty has formed over the northern Atlantic. NHC is also tracking two storms in the Caribbean, one that has a high chance of development.

Subtropical Storm Patty formed early Saturday in the North Atlantic near ... the National Hurricane Center was expecting another tropical storm to emerge from the western Caribbean Sea in the coming days. Neither system will likely pose a threat to ...