Chances of Tropical Storm Patty forming in Caribbean rise to 40 percent

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There is now a 40 percent chance that a new tropical storm, named Patty, will form in the Caribbean Sea within the next week. This is an increase from a previously low chance over the weekend. Meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center are monitoring a low-pressure system in the southwestern Caribbean. They expect it could develop into a tropical depression later this week as it drifts northward. Currently, the system is not expected to threaten the United States. The National Hurricane Center is not tracking any other systems in the Atlantic at this time.


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