Possible Tropical Storm Moving Toward Florida

(NewsCore) - An area of low pressure located over the southwestern Caribbean Sea is likely to become a tropical depression as it tracks northward toward Florida over the weekend, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Saturday

"This system has a high chance -- 70 percent -- of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours as it drifts slowly northward," the NHC said in its 2:00am bulletin.

According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, some weather models predict the system -- currently almost stationary 170 miles (274 kilometers) east of Nicaragua -- will aim north toward Cuba and potentially Florida later next week.

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A hurricane hunter aircraft is expected to investigate the disturbance on Saturday, the newspaper reported.

If the weather system does turn into a tropical storm, it will be named "Rina."