The Gulf area WPBF meteorologists have been tracking is now up to a 70% chance for development over the next few days. Sign up for our NewslettersA more defined system is expected to develop late weekend/early next week.

A tropical depression could form in a few days over the southern Gulf of Mexico or northwestern Caribbean Sea. But what happens after that?

Kirk — the eleventh named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season — is moving northwest at 14 mph with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, forecasters said. The hurricane is expected to rapidly intensify over the week before fully dissipating by overnight Monday, the NHC said.