Besides Tropical Storm Ernesto, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring two other Atlantic systems, including one that could impact the weather in Southwest Florida this weekend.
The area of showers and thunderstorms has increase over eastern Cuba and the central and northwestern Bahamas in association with a surface trough.
Upper-level winds may become somewhat more conducive for development during the next day or two. However, as the trough moves to the northwest at about 10 mph, development could be inhibited as the system moves over or near the Florida Peninsula by Sunday.
This system has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical storm during the next 48 hours. More updates to follow National Hurricane Center
