Early Saturday morning, the National Hurricane Center named Subtropical Storm Patty in the Northern Atlantic. The storm is

moving toward the east-southeast near 7 mph. A faster

east-southeastward motion is expected through tonight, followed by

a turn toward the east and east-northeast on Sunday and Monday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with higher gusts.

Little intensity change is expected today, but gradual weakening is

forecast through early next week. Patty could degenerate into a

post-tropical cyclone by late Sunday. Winds of 40 mph extend outward up to 205 miles from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 986 mb (29.12 inches).

Subtropical Storm Patty will not affect the U.S. whatsoever.

Continuing to monitor the Southwestern Caribbean Sea where

disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the southwestern

Caribbean Sea are associated with a broad area of low pressure.

Gradual development of this system is expected over the next several

days, and a tropical depression is likely to form by early next week

while the system moves generally northward to northwestward over the central and western Caribbean Sea. Regardless of development,

locally heavy rains are possible over portions of the adjacent land

areas of the Western Caribbean during the next few days, including

Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Cuba. Formation chance through 48 hours is 50% to 80% over the next 7 days.

Currently, this storm has no effect on the Florida peninsula.