Two areas of low pressure have the attention of forecasters at the National Hurricane Center: one well into the Atlantic Ocean, the other closer to Florida in the western Caribbean Sea.
The hurricane center gives both a less-than-30 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm by Thursday, and the one in the Atlantic about 700 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands is not in an area where it's likely to develop anytime soon.
It is moving west at about 10 to 15 mph.
The low pressure area tucked away near the coast of Central America may stand a better chance of turning into some kind of tropical system, the hurricane center says.
Though close to land, it is expected to drift slowly northwest over open water.
Some of the forecast models take the low pressure area southwest of Cuba around the end of the week.
None of the models so far take the low pressure area to Florida or even north of Cuba.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Ruskin are also watching the low pressure area for its influence on a cold front expected to approach the state around the weekend.
Some of the models have the front staying over North Florida and the low pressure system moving farther north. Another has the low pressure area staying farther south and having less of an impact on the approaching front.
The main impact on the local forecast so far is to give a slight boost to the chance for rain on Sunday around the Tampa Bay area.
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