A disturbance swirling over the Caribbean Sea has now been designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen on Wednesday, and forecasters say the system will eventually likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara in the coming days.

Meteorologists have been tracking the storm for the past week, with its chances of forming increasing gradually. Tropical Storm Sara is expected to form by Thursday morning, becoming a hurricane by Friday night and a major hurricane by Saturday night, AccuWeather said.

Tropical Storm Sara is forecast to form in the western Caribbean Sea and long-range forecasts show the possibility that the storm will turn to the northeast in the Gulf of Mexico and take a path