Tropical update: Watching Caribbean for development

Not much is expected through the weekend, but we'll watch the western Caribbean next week. After eight weeks without a named storm in the Atlantic basin, a few spots could potentially develop this week. Still, there are no threats to the New Orleans area or our part of the Gulf Coast at this time. The closest spot to us is a trough of low pressure in the Caribbean Sea with a low chance of development. It may enter the Bay of Campeche late this week and possibly try to organize, but right now it looks like it would stay far south.